After a false start yesterday (no power in the school building), we got the boys off to their first day of school. I say we because DadOfAllTrades happened to be home. See, there was this terrible thunderstorm the night before the first day of school. And when one works for the power company, one can expect to have to do a little overtime after storms. Read: I will not see him until Sunday or Monday after a biggie like this.
I digress...The boys are off and running to their new building (for Buzz) and the second grade wing (for LegoMaster). They were both sOOOO disappointed at school being cancelled yesterday. So much so that Buzz had a six year old version of a meltdown around 5pm that lasted until he went to bed. I have never been so happy to close his bedroom door. He could not tolerate any-thing, really any little thing sent him to tears and whining fits. It was quite frustrating. Since our current lecture series with the boys revolves around "making choices", I kept finding myself saying "You can choose to be miserable or you can choose to take a deep breath and do ______." I think I used that phrase a hundred times in the three+ hours he persisted.
But it is all good. They went willingly and happily. I cannot wait to hear the stories from today. About friends he has not seen in a while, or what the bus ride was like, or how their desks are. OH bliss...
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