More Homework for Mom

Holly came home again with another assignment for me - two more forms to sign and three text books to cover. She said that we could buy some covers at the store or use paper bags and decorate them. Being the frugal person that I am we went with the paper bags. I have done this before with both Gabe and Hannah and figured this would be a quick and easy project. We cut, measured, cut some more, re-measured, re-cut and tried taping. It wasn't working. I decided Holly should go do something else and just let Hannah and I work on the covering part. She could decorate them when we finished. I do not know if it was the cheap Romanian tape that we still have or the quality paper bags but after more than 30 minutes, I gave up.

We are blessed to live near a huge variety of stores and I figured it was worth the money to purchase book covers. Buying school supplies at this time of the year usually has two results: totally sold out or a great sale. Thankfully we happened upon the latter scenario and found a good selection of stretchy book covers for .75 cents!

This morning, Hannah and I went to a homeschool picnic. We were hoping to meet some families with teenagers but almost everyone there had elementary age children. There was one girl there that was Hannah's age and we also were given some good advice on where to find groups with teens. We had a good time and met some nice people. Settling in takes time and finding friends is part of the adjustment.

The First Day

Holly's first day went well even if it was a bit on the boring side in her opinion. Passing out books and learning the rules cannot be but so interesting. She has already made a couple of friends. I knew it wouldn't take her long. She is hoping that the seating assignment will be rearranged so she can sit by them instead of the "most annoying boy in 4th grade." Her favorite thing so far - besides eating lunch with friends - is her own personal agenda notebook. Her only homework this afternoon was to give me a stack of forms to read and sign.






Holly diligently filled out her information on the first page of her agenda. Clothes are once again laid out. I am going to read to her and pray she goes to sleep sooner than last night.