I am very happy to report that G went back to school today!!
The kids were home with not a lot to do for waaaaaay too long this summer. As noted, this was not by design. I could have put them in camp (and did almost do that) but this would have been very hard on me during the weeks when Josh wasn’t driving and our nanny was away, so it’s been weeks since the house was quiet during the day.
I am VERY excited to be able to finally focus tomorrow on my creative work day (esp bc I have a TONNNN to do).
BACK TO SCHOOL:
I actually don’t even know how this shot happened but I kind of like it!
Off to 3rd grade!!!!
WEEKEND OUTING: We met Josh’s dad (Poppy) at Perez Art Museum in Miami — it was great!
Otherwise the weekend was pretty routine, I would say! We definitely had a longer “prep for the first REAL week” meeting at dinnertime and I finally updated our Essential Calendar to go through the end of 2026.
I am feeling some angst around fitting in my work and some other things, but one bloggable thing I am having (fun) angst about is my 2027 planner stack. I’ve used a Hobonchi Cousin for so many years running (at least for my initial planner of any given calendar year) but I feel like I am ready to try new things! New analog things (let’s not get crazy). I am enjoying the exercise of thinking through how I might do things differently, probably because it is far more pleasant than the other things on my mind.
HAPPY BACK TO SCHOOOOOOOL for anyone here with me!
PS: Timely, our BOBW BTS extravaganza is out today too!
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Purple Monkeys!!! I can’t even…
ha yes it’s the PBK x Roller Rabbit collab (from last year, she didn’t need a new backpack!)
We go back 8/31 and I heard that the teachers might strike for a couple of weeks when school starts – which is actually illegal in MI, but they’ve been without a contract for almost a year and are quite disgruntled. Boo. Yay for Josh being mobile and on crutches! Hopeful he will be able to return to running and skiing eventually. Fingers crossed!
gah being uncertain about whether first day will happen is TOUGH! hopefully the will be able to work things out (maybe district will be so afraid of the strike that change will happen?)!
Hope it’s a great school year!
That first picture is DARLING.
I am so, so, so ready for back to school. More than ready, actually…! One kid has had a very full summer with minimal needs (aside from quite a bit of driving), but the other kid has needed a lot. Tons of driving to/from, and then engagement and entertainment and I AM READY FOR ROUTINE.
I think I’m going to take the first day back to school completely off and decamp to my favourite cafe with my planner and a book and work on some planning for hours and when I get tired of that read a book. That or stay in my PJs all day in bed, but somehow the first option sounds both more fun and a bit more practical in terms of the long-term.
I suspect next summer will require less hands-on with my youngest (he wasn’t in club soccer over the summer since we missed too much of the start of the season). But if not, I need to make sure to structure it differently.
Aww, that’s such a cute pic of G! I hope she has a great first week back! BTS is still 2.5 weeks away for us. I got all the school supplies last Friday and the boys found out who their teacher are/what kids are in their class on an event at school on Sunday. But we are otherwise still solidly in summer mode. Our annual summer vacation is next week so it’s weird to read BTS content when we haven’t had our summer vacay yet! Usually we would be up at my parents this week but the start of school is so dang late this year w/ Labor Day being so dang late. I’ll admit I DON’T love it, even though the kids have been out of the house in child care every week of summer break!
That picture of G with her backpack is so adorable! Your weekend sounded idea with a fun outing but also time to prep for back to school. I’m feeling right now the challenge of making sure I have enough time to work amongst all the kid/life components (having a pretty flexible job is a double edged sword sometimes). Things have been made harder lately because my son broke his arm, so a few extra medical appointments and changes to logistics. Good luck working out your ideal week and making sure things are at least theoretically do-able!
I’ll be interested to hear what you decide about your planner for next year. This year I’ve gone for digital calender as my Master Calendar, and then an EC Dashboard layout weekly for my weekly planning session. I like tracking my appointments etc digitally, but planning my week/intentions/goals etc on paper. Its working really well.
We are a week in and are settling into a routine. But it still feels like summer – T has been playing outside every night with the girl upstairs and it’s a struggle to make them come in for bedtime, it’s still light out! But otherwise doing really well. Swim started up straight away, but piano doesn’t start until September and I am still trying to wrangle him off the scouts waitlist. I’ve volunteered to do all the admin jobs in exchange for a space. It’s such a good fit for him and it’s such a shame they wouldn’t accept him as a transfer when we moved. I’ve still got a few more weeks til term so have been clearing the decks, trying to get my first half of term prepped teaching wise, and getting organised for autumn.