I love the end of summer break!

[CynthiaOK]

Sounds crazy, but I really do have a better time when the boys are on a schedule. For me, I'd love to have an endless summer ;), but the boys get on my nerves, on one anothers nerves, and on the dog's nerves when they are on a long break.

We started back today, and it's been great. My oldest still has a few days left before heading back to college so he's doing errands for his assisted-living bound grandparents (freeing me up to do school), ds#2 is on his second day of college courses this morning so he's out of the house. This leaves me with just 2 (!) kids at home - WOW! It feels strange - but I LIKE it! I was able to sit with each of them going over their math (it's been too long since they cracked those books!). I haven't even gotten irritated with them...yet!:D

And, what's really great is that they are all in high school (well, the 8th grader isn't really high school age, but he's doing hs work in his core subjects). That means I only need to think on one track which has advantages at my age :tongue_smilie:

Hope all of you are having a great start!

[Staci in MO]

My dc try to protest at the start of school, but the bickering and grumpiness decreases considerably when we're doing school. We're starting on our third week. :)

The great thing about this morning is that the public schools started today. We have one neighborhood kid who goes to parochial school, and he starts Wednesday. That means that I won't have neighborhood kids in my house all day! Yay! We're blessed to have good kids in our neighborhood, and I would rather they spend their time here than elsewhere, but I'm ready for the relative quiet of my own kids - until 3pm, anyway.

Glad you're off to a good start!