First Day of 5th Grade
Last Friday was the first day of school in Philly. Don’t even get me started on how stupid it is to have the first day be on a Friday and be a half day – who comes up with these schedules?
I can’t believe that I have a 5th grader! It seems like she was just a 2 year old singing “Up above the world so high …” over and over again. Just that one line of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star rather than the entire song ;-)
The kid grew so much this summer and got a lot taller – she actually moved above the 10 percentile in height! But, rather than thinking she has a chance for height even with such shrimpy parents, it’s more likely that she will stop growing in 2-3 years and be about the same height as me. (5’2″)
I’ve been learning that I can’t do as much as I think I can in a day and am trying to create more reasonable daily schedules for myself. The move and fixing up the new house has taken much more of my time than I anticipated and because the new place is so nice I find I want to spend more time on the household than I used to. Hopefully I will get it together soon and have a regular posting schedule again.
Anyway … here is the first day of 5th grade photo. It’s a smarmy, smart-alecky expression but I guess it’s to prepare me for the teenage years that aren’t all that far away.
Hope you all had a wonderful summer. I did but I’m glad it’s over – I am ready for cooler temperatures and things to get back to “normal”.
photo credit: stewdean
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September 11, 2012 at 4:41 am
Hi Kim,
The best way to prepare for the children to be teenagers and what will happen, is to sit down and think about how you yourself was as a teenager. What made our parents for right and wrong with us.