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Some Moms, Kids Embrace School Bells

Posted by DFO

Sept. 7, 2010 3:39 p.m. • 3 comments

Several mothers among my Facebook friends told of their kids’ excitement today, the first day of school, including Katrina, who wrote: “Just dropped a so-excited-he’s-vibrating second grader and a so-over-it sixth grader off at their classrooms for the first day of school. It makes me want to buy myself a new Trapper Keeper and a pencil box with fifty sharpened #2 pencils inside.” Another mom posted that her daughter counted down the minutes this morning — literally — until they were out the door. Christa Hazel, meanwhile, posts: “Why, God, why do children have to go back to school so soon? Because you are a merciful God, that’s why.” (AP file photo for illustrative purposes: Jim Michaud, Journal Inquirer of Connecticutt)

Question: How about you and your household? Was the return to school this morning something that you looked forward to? Or something that you lamented

Three comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Cindy_H on September 07 at 4:11 p.m.
Truth: I was so excited for my teens to go back to school, I hardly slept. The fact that they returned on deadline day was a bonus!
Truth: I felt blue and moped around all day. This has NEVER happened to me on a back-to-school-day. No video games blaring. No cell phones buzzing. No yelling at boys to PIPE DOWN ALREADY.
I actually missed them.
I hope I’m not coming down with something.
Christa_Hazel on September 07 at 4:29 p.m.
Truth: I literally rolled my eyes at all the moms I know who Facebooked about being teary eyed because their babies are going to school. Mainly because these are also the moms who hire babysitters at the drop of a hat and never seem to have separation anxiety at those times.

Truth: I had a hard time sleeping last night too. So stinkin’ excited that summer is over.

Truth: It was nice to not have to entertain anyone but myself today. The house was quiet. But I was too excited to let down and relax. Now I have to fit in all the errands that I’ve put off during the summer because kidlets were attached to me.

Truth: Looking forward to Thanksgiving vacation so the kidlets and I can play.
Cindy_H on September 07 at 5:40 p.m.
Truth: I should have gotten out of the house and paid a visit Idaho :-)

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.