We were just told not to worry about stationery. There is a display book only to get, they will tell us the details when she starts school. Sounds nice and easy to me, I might have to investigate these slip on covers, although I must say I'm a bit of a dab hand with contact, but slip on's sound faster!
Have name tagged the hat and jumpers. And going to do socks, but need to order more labels. That should be enough shouldn't it? I don't see a need for labelling dress/Tshirt/shorts as they shouldn't be coming off!
MD - no super ideas with the drop off. Is there some sort of window they can be dropped off in? I know with us, school starts at 8:50, but they can be dropped off from 8:30. So could you drop H off first at high school, then get across to the primary school for E?
Sleeping hasn't improved? Are they still settled on the narcoplepsy (sp??) diagnosis? Did you go back for a second test?
Library bag - DD picked some fabric for it when we were in Canberra and Mum is making it for her. Very bright I seem to recall.
Arte - loving the sound of the helicopter ride!
MP - How is the cutting down on multitasking going? I thought of you the other night while I was watching a show on my laptop, the TV was on (mute) with cricket, I was catching up on reading a magazine while also playing a game on my phone. I did shake my head at myself when I realised....
Oh the dreaded double drop off LOL! It's a PITA. On preschool days it would be a mad dash in the afternoon to pick up A then pick up the other kids from school. I'm guessing with the stuff H has going on ATM that it would be unrealistic to drop E off and then let H walk from E's school to her own? or is there a bus service that H can take to school? I'm guessing that's how other families would do it - stick the older one on a bus.
Cally, we don't have to get much for the kids either by way of books - it's only really pencils etc and they don't need any of that until year 1. i did buy A a nice pencil case of his own so he can have a set for homework etc.
MP - have you read The Winter of our Disconnect? By whatshername Maushart. Food for thought right there.
Of course there is a way through the DDO but DaYam! it's gonna hurt. LOL
Trill walking between E's school and H's school is even further than walking from home. Public buses don't run between our place & school (not without a 20 min trip to the exchange and then a 30 min trip past the school). I'm sure we will work something out, I might just have to scream like a harpy every morning for about a year until they all acclimatize to getting themselves sorted half an hour earlier.
Trill thanks for the book cover tipoff on FB.
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Trill - I've just bought a heap of pencil cases in an attempt to minimise the amount of pencils/textas/crayons around the place. She did have containers for them, but they don't get used so I'm hoping pencil cases do. Santa brought her a set of 12 triangle lead pencils which will be great for homework and she seems to really like writing with them.
MD, I've been screaming like a harpy on school mornings for the past 7 years :rofl that is a pain about the bus situation. Kinda defeats the purpose of going by bus doesn't it?
Cally, there is still a big tub of pencils that they use all the time, and it's handy because every stray pencil I find just gets put in there, but they have pencil cases for their special things. The girls have a lot of smiggle stuff that I don't let them take to school because it will get stolen, so they keep that separate and use it for homework etc. Make sure you go back to the shops and buy another 10 packs of those lead pencils - there is a nasty little critter similar to the sock monster that steals all the pencils in this house
Cally, that's awesome you don't have to do anything about stationery. We pay a resources fee but we still have to buy their pens and paper etc. Most important things to label are hats and jumpers - and label them in a couple of places - and not the tag because it can be cut off. Unbelievable but true. Definitely keep some spare labels because if they end up doing something like swimming you will need to label the dresses & tshirts.
Sleeping hasn't really improved here, thanks for asking. Am dragging my heels re 2nd test because I want to be sure the meds are worth it.
Trill LOL @ the harpy screaming. I did a good bit of that for a while but hoped those days were behind me.
We have to send our pencils and textas etc in for them to share, but we did buy a small pencil case with some coloured pens and wind-up pencils just because I know she's been wanting some for ages. Didn't think to get lead pencils but hilariously I bought a ten-pack of erasers (shaped like numbers) LOL. Can't imagine she will have any homework at this stage (other than readers).
I've done the iron on labelling and they look like they're stuck pretty darn tight to me. Yes, was conscious of the label being cut off so didnt want to label that.......They seem to only do swimming lessons for ones that have had no prior experience, so I don't think she'll be doing that, but if there is any chance I'll make sure she has labels on those clothes too. Will do socks as she takes her shoes and socks off pretty easily....
We were told readers in Term 2 and I think some homework in Term 3? Should probably read through the stuff again and refresh my memory.
yeah, my kids have all gotten homework - usually just where they have to draw or colour in pictures to help them learn their sight words etc but not until term 2 usually. Home readers start at the end of term 1
I haven't been told anything about books etc, I think the local bookstore has pre packed sets to buy. From memory they are around $30.
All going well here. Heading down to DHs hometown tomorrow. Hopefully BIL sticks with his non confrontational ways, secretly scared he will go Bain-style on us. We are staying at the ILs house. There is already pressure to leave the kids with them and do something just DH and I, but I totally wouldn't feel right leaving them three blocks away from crazy.
We went out for tea at a tavern tonight and W went off to the toilet and when he got back he was quiet for a bit and then said he couldn't find the men's toilets - only ladies and one that said 'cowboys only'. Apparently he didn't consider himself a cowboy and had to use the disabled lol
I don't know whether it was just DD1's distractibility but omg she lost so many jumpers and jackets. That hurts when they are $35 at the public school but even more when they are the $80 ones for the private school!! I checked lost property boxes religiously & approximately 25% of them came home months later - a couple of times they were filthy & smelly like someone had been wearing them without washing that whole time. In the end I started ironing a label inside the front seam (along the edge where the zip is) because it might flap open sometimes, making it harder to conceal that you're wearing a jumper that wasn't yours. Seemed to work as the disappearance rate dropped way down after that. Part of me is still shocked at the rate at which stuff gets stolen @ school. Kids really are very opportunistic and probably morally underdeveloped as well.
Arte, I presume if the school hasn't said anything about books, maybe they supply everything? Half your luck! Good call re not leaving the kids, I wouldn't either. Sounds like you've been having at least a little bit of enjoyable r&r.
So, trill, have you got your outfit all picked out for your hot date with Sam?
MD, they don't supply them but it isn't a big deal to go to the bookstore. I have to sort out a uniform too.
Re the sleep thing, are your new meds not working?
The holiday is going better than I expected so far. The west coast is amazing. We went through Central Otago yesterday which is always nice. Only downside so far is that the caravan leaked and drowned the iPod.
Funny you should say that MD - I don't know if it's a dressy type of affair where I'd have to wear a dress, or just a nice top and capri's? I hate being indecisive about what to wear to something. How much longer are you going to give the meds?
Arte, poor kid, he would have been really confused by that considering how literal he is. Glad the holiday is going well. It could go either one of two ways bugger about the ipod.
Speaking of labelling school clothes. I *think* I have finally gotten all of DS's stuff labelled. It's like normal school clothes labelling except on crack LMAO. I even had to label his socks and jocks! I started hand sewing in the clothing labels and did two and went '**** that ****' and got the machine out. There is no way known any of the labels are coming off now! We can't use the iron on ones as they come off in the dryers and all of their clothes go through a dryer to dry them unfortunately (I would HATE to know what the carbon footprint of the school is!) So there is a combination of written with a laundry marker and sewn on tags on his clothes and hopefully it will be enough to deter someone from taking them. I don't think there is a problem as such with their uniforms, but their casual clothes - we were told not to pack brand labels as they are the ones that 'walk'. Luckily with him coming home every weekend we'll be able to act quicker on things that go missing.
Last weekend I sorted all the stationery too. The girls are busting to pack their bags, but I know if I give them all their stuff now they will only start using it and then come time to go back they will be racing around trying to find it.
ah crap. i have NOTHING labelled. it's a bit hard when there arent uniforms involved. do i label all her clothes?? (except lovely stuff that is not to be trashed of course lol).
crap. that seems like a lot of work
our school supplies everything. feels weird not having to pack her schoolbag hahaha.
Trill: who is Sam? and why do you have a hot date with him...or her lol. i really should just go back and read the last old thread hahaha.
Arte went on a helicopter???? THATISSOFRIKKINCOOL.
MD: sounds like you will be fulfilling the role of Screaming Harpy with that lack of PT options...ahhh nothing like early morning bliss hahaha.
AFM: we're baaackkk! had an awesome holiday! sun, surf, friends and good times. loved the road trip as well. ahhh so needed the break from dreary grey melbourne!
Cass - no uniform! What I did for DD and day care was have two separate drawers (school and weekend/holiday). The school clothes were all named so if anything ended up on the wrong drawer, she would still know it wasn't a school top if there was no name. But these days they really shouldn't be taking Tshirts and skirts off anyway, so you shouldn't have to name them. Might just have to be really diligent at explaining what is suitable for school. Can you have a uniform of sorts (ie grab the same style of pants in a few different colours) would that be easier?
Cally, that's an excellent idea to have different drawers for daycare vs non-daycare clothes. I tried that too but the system fell down because DH cannot discriminate between a paint-besmeared $5 tshirt from Kmart and a nice coordinated outfit. LOL.
Trill, I suggest you go to that halfway place where you wear the capris with the nice top but then you dress it up a notch by wearing slightly dressier shoes/jewellery. Anyway, Sam is bound to swept into Sam-nesia once he catches the merest glimpse of your rainbow of awesomeness You will have to bring him to his senses again by whispering your slow-roasted shanks with garlic recipe lovingly into his ear.
PS: for anyone who doesn't know what the heck I'm on about, check out this thread. It's kinda food porn for lamb lovers. (Not you, Arte, look away).
Cass, glad to hear your holiday was great. You're like the queen of the day trip.
Re the sleep - yep, meds are working, noticing an improvement in concentration & follow-through (and therefore probably some of the memory stuff is better), but there is no actual effect on the quality of your sleep. Esp after Xmas and the strain of having all the extra bodies here, my sleep delay has gotten worse, suspect it might also be seasonal (extra sunshine late in day?) because i remember struggling with it around this time last year too. Anyway I think some light therapy would help but I can't afford the device just yet and I'm too zombified most mornings to get myself outside and light exposed early enough to make a difference. I've got another couple of months on the script, I want to see how it pans out over that time. I've been having a fresh batch of hot flushes and palpitations and mood swings, which might either be side effects, or just a total coincidence (given that it's summer & my hormonal status is dodgy & I'm sleep deprived).
Day something in DH's hometown. I can't keep track of the days anymore lol. We had DH's granny's birthday yesterday which was the inspiration for the trip. Followed by a suicide hoax by BIL on FB - threat, countdown etc so when we saw it half an hour after 'times up' they raced around there to find him sitting at the frigging computer acting like nothing had happened #****edinthehead
However, the kids are having an absolutely fantastic time with the IL's. W has been amazing for the whole trip. I barely know he is around because he is so well behaved! His confidence is soaring so hopefully that carries over for the start of school.
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and got the machine out. There is no way known any of the labels are coming off now! We can't use the iron on ones as they come off in the dryers and all of their clothes go through a dryer to dry them unfortunately (I would HATE to know what the carbon footprint of the school is!) So there is a combination of written with a laundry marker and sewn on tags on his clothes and hopefully it will be enough to deter someone from taking them. I don't think there is a problem as such with their uniforms, but their casual clothes - we were told not to pack brand labels as they are the ones that 'walk'. Luckily with him coming home every weekend we'll be able to act quicker on things that go missing.
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