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Inner Thoughts of Parents at the Beginning and End of the School Year

May 26, 2015 By Lauren

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Inner Thoughts of Parents at the Beginning and End of the School Year

Beginning of the School Year

“This year is going to be different!”

“I’ve set the alarm for an hour earlier than usual so we don’t have to rush in the mornings.”

“Spending an hour each Sunday prepping lunches for the entire week is a great time saver. I’ve never felt so on top of things!”

“Aww, look at all these cute lunchbox ideas! That sandwich looks just like the Mona Lisa. And the kids will love getting these personalized notes each day. Pinning!”

“The kids might not be crazy about doing homework as soon as they get home from school, but that’ll be the best way to ensure it gets done. Plus, I won’t be distracted by dinner prep so I can offer help if they need it.”

“Ugh! He’s already torn a hole in a pair of pants. Better throw these in the play clothes pile and order a couple of extra pairs to have on hand.”

“Picture Day is coming! Such cute backgrounds this year. Should we choose the flowering meadow or the jungle waterfall?”

“The school is already sending notes home about the Holiday Concert? Better write it on the calendar now. The kids will look so sweet in their dressy clothes!”

“I’m looking forward to parent teacher conferences. It’ll be great to get on the same page as the teachers so we can work together to optimize the kids’ learning.”

“The kids sure do bring a lot of papers home each day. I’m glad I got a three-ring binder for each of them. It’s so easy to keep ahead of the paper clutter when I put their school and art work in their memory books right away.”

End of the School Year

“We have to leave in 30 minutes. I’ll just hit the snooze alarm one. more. time.”

“Don’t forget to do something for Teacher Appreciation Day. Don’t forget to do something for Teacher Appreciation Day. Don’t forget to do something for Teacher Appreciation Day. ARRRGH!! I FORGOT TO DO SOMETHING FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY!”

“I reallllly need to go grocery shopping. Will the lunch monitor flag me as a ‘Parent to Watch’ if I send the kids in with stale Cheerios, raisins that were grapes when I bought them, and ketchup packets?”

“Spring pictures? Those money-hungry thieves! They didn’t even ask if we wanted them before they sent the whole stupid package home.”

“Wait, what? There’s a Spring Concert? Did they even tell us about that?? When is it? Tomorrow night?!?!”

“He tore another freaking hole in his pants. Well, he’s going to have to wear hole-y jeans the rest of the year because I refuse to buy more right before summer.”

“Gah, I forgot to pack lunches! Again. Guess I’ll throw some cash in their backpacks and remind them to pick fruit as their side instead of potato chips. Like that’ll happen.”

“Holy crap, look at all these papers. That school alone must be responsible for the deforestation of several countries. There can’t be anything too important in there, so I’ll just chuck them all in the recycling bin.”

“What does she mean her science project is due tomorrow? They never sent a notice home about that. Did they?”

“Next year will be different.”

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Filed Under: Family Life, Parenting Humor Tagged With: beginnings, endings, kids, parents, school, school year

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If you enjoy picture-perfect home decor, perfectly prepared recipes, and perfectly behaved children, you've come to the wrong place. Meet Lauren. She isn't perfect, but she's perfectly real.

Comments

  1. Nicole Johnson says

    May 26, 2015 at 8:42 am

    This is all too familiar….I love it!! Now, we just have to make it through summer!

  2. Herchel A Scruggs says

    May 26, 2015 at 8:56 am

    LOL Seriously all the paper in the world comes home in my son’s folder. When I forget to empty it, his teacher writes me an all caps, double underlined, note that tells me to EMPTY IT NOW! She’s lucky I adore her.

    • Lauren says

      May 28, 2015 at 8:18 pm

      Oh my word, that’s hilarious! You should send a note back “STOP SENDING ME ALL THIS CRAP!”

  3. Becka says

    May 26, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    Are you in my brain. LOL I am so glad that I am not the only one that has questioned the over use of paper in the school system. And my daughter just this morning tells me she has a health project due today, does she have time to do it real fast…. at 7:17 when we leave the house at 7:30.

    • Lauren says

      May 28, 2015 at 8:17 pm

      So? How’d it go? I bet she aced it!

  4. Lauren says

    May 26, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    This is SO true!! Esp the we have to leave in 30 minutes.. I’ll hit the snooze button again. hahaha every morning!

    • Lauren says

      May 28, 2015 at 8:13 pm

      It’s just too tempting not to!

  5. nicole e. says

    May 26, 2015 at 7:57 pm

    In the beginning, I was all over getting up early, showering, laying their clothes out…..stuff like that. Towards the end l, I was lucky to put a bra on and grab a headband before dropping them off at school. *sigh* oh well…

    • Lauren says

      May 28, 2015 at 8:12 pm

      I bet no one even notices 😉

  6. Kristen says

    May 26, 2015 at 8:56 pm

    OMG get out of my head! Love this – sooooo funny! And we are late almost everyday now. Who cares?!

    • Lauren says

      May 28, 2015 at 8:12 pm

      I’m thankful that Eric brings them to school every morning. He deals with the late slips 😉

  7. tove Maren says

    May 28, 2015 at 6:17 am

    Oh Lauren – do you secretly live in my house?! This was perfect!

    • Lauren says

      May 28, 2015 at 8:03 pm

      Haha! Thank you!!

  8. Jenny @ Unremarkable Files says

    May 29, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    Yes, that just about covers it! Now if only our last day of school was BEFORE the last week in June, that’d be great!

  9. Miranda says

    June 2, 2015 at 8:35 pm

    Yes! So true! Even as a homeschooler, lol. In the beginning of the year I have our lunch schedule all nicely written and posted on the refrigerator, every subject perfectly planned out with the additional reading and teaching materials for the whole first month, we get up early and get chores done and I might even exercise. Compare that to the last month–we read a book and dug in the dirt, that counts, right? And, I can’t believe you guys want to eat lunch every.single.day!!!

    Haha! Thanks for the laugh.

    • Lauren says

      June 3, 2015 at 8:21 pm

      It really would be easier if they didn’t need to eat!

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