I was realizing today that Nathan will most likely be a first grader next year which opens a new chapter in my life--one without carpooling preschoolers, kindergartners, etc. It makes me a little nostalgic that I won't get to witness my kids interacting with their peers on a regular basis but I've also decided I won't miss:
The dawdlers--you know the ones I mean. It takes them 5-10 minutes to get out of the car and walk to the front door of their house. Sometimes they're like Monk: they have to touch everything on the way, move it around, etc. These are often the kids that have to put the garbage cans on the street back to the side of the house before they let mom know they're home.
The talkers--like today when the little boy told me how he was sorry he missed school yesterday but he was sick because he ate tuna fish with mayonnaise and crackers and isn't that soooo gross and it made him sick and miss school and his dad is the real santa clause and christmas was fun because and why do you listen to this music don't you have any backstreet boys to listen to (no way) and..... I couldn't listen anymore because I was speeding and needed all my attention.
The seat belt fumblers--They CANNOT buckle their own seatbelts which means that I have to get out of the car, buckle them in, and get back in my seat. Of course the seat belt fumblers always think it's cool to sit in the very back of the car!
The parking lot dash--This is what I call the rush from the front door of the school to the car because everyone's in a hurry, no one wants to stay together or watch for cars (what's the fun in that?) so it's always a dodgecar scramble to get everyone there safely! Won't miss that!!
The criers--Everything makes them cry: someone said something that they think is mean, they slipped and almost fell on the ground, someone got the seat they wanted to sit in today, ...
The rule keepers--'nuff said.
Of course I know that my kids are absolutely like this! I remember one of the moms I carpooled with would just call me and let me know that mine was home because the kid would NOT come straight in and tell me himself!! And I definitely have the same things going on with my kids every morning when I take them to school. But when it's my kids doing this stuff I feel like I have the option to just turn the radio up and tune them out!
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This all sounds so familiar...
What will you do all by yourself?
You'll have to keep me up on all the books you'll be reading. I mean, the work you'll be doing.
SOOOOOOOO ACCURATE! Although you forgot one. The kid that poops their pants in preschool and you have to smell it the whole way home.
I was pregnant w/ Lily and would open up the driver door and puke apx 7 times on the way home. That was the 1st year of preschool, after that class experience Mrs. M made sure to include the rule "potty trained".
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