Football pants need a instruction manual!!!

Well it's that time of year.  The back to school Hoopla that we have to do. While it's fun and exciting it's also Exhausting!

Thursday we had the welcome walk.  The teachers could come anywhere from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.  We live right by the school so the teachers have always came by around 5ish.  Not this year.  We were last.  Gavin's teacher came around 7ish.  And then Poor Josh was in tears thinking his teacher forgot about him.  I started to panic a little myself when it was past 8:00 then 8:30 and finally we heard the door.  They were so apologetic for being so late.  And sweetly said to Josh we just saved the best for last which made him feel so much better.  Looks like the 4th grade is team teaching again this year and so the poor teachers had to go to 42 students houses.  42.  No wonder they were so late.    It looks like we are going to have a GREAT year. 

Gavin got Josh's Kindergarten Teacher Mrs. Estes.  She was Amazing with Josh and he still talks about how great she was 4 years later.  I feel so much better about putting my baby in her hands.  I know she is loving and cares about the kids and will help Gavin have a wonderful year.  I'm beyond thrilled.

Gavin wirh cute Mrs. Estes

After our horrible year last year with Josh Ryan and I have been praying that he gets a great Teacher this year that will help him love school again.  And while I don't know his teachers his home room teacher is  new to the school Mrs. Brazle and I've only heard amazing things about Mrs. Strong. I have a great feeling that this year will be such a great year for him.  He's excited to go back and we are so happy for that.

Josh with Mrs. Strong and Mrs. Brazle

The boys waiting by the door. 

We made the teachers a red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and mini chocolate chips.  And Trevor's football gear well some of it anyways :)...

Now on to the 7th grader.  Oh man this was a treat.  Middle school is no joke.  And Trevor wanted to play football.  Real football like as in tackle crazy Texas football.  He has never played Tackle football before because you can't really play tackle until 4th grade.  And he had a broken arm in both 4th and 5th grade so he couldn't play then.  Now he has played Flag football and went to football camp this year but not the real deal.  And he's my accident prone child.  Can you tell I'm a bit nervous??  Like usual Ryan was out of town so it was up to me to get everything.  The day of equipment pick up was a bit of a process.  I went nice and early thinking not to many people would be there  "WRONG"  this it TX I forgot and every kid and their dog wants to play football so I stood in line with all my darlings in tow for 3 stinking hrs.  3 HOURS!!!  Not having any of the paper work ready "I didn't see that line" nor did I get the e-mail about that line they were kind enough to give me the stuff anyways if I assured them I would have everything turned in by Monday.  So grateful for that.  They give Trevor there ripped up dingy pants, a used helmet, huge shoulder pads and then a mouth piece.  YUMMY.  This germ freak mom's nightmare.  Then came the pads for the pants.  Don't get me wrong I'm so grateful that the pants have 700 pads only problem is I know nothing I mean NOTHING about football.  I was such a girly girl.  Give me crazy toe shoes and I can show you how to tie them.  Or how to do a pirouette but put pads in football pants is insane.  I wish they came with a instruction Manuel.  Poor Trevor is my Ginny pig kid I'm learning all these new things with him.  I had him just stuff everything in a locker and hoped the coach would help all the kids out. 

Then the next day he had to preform at the 6th grade assembly and I thought I could just pick up his stuff early.  Which I got some but they were not ready for the school supplies yet so I had to come back for that.  When I came back to pick Trevor up I was lucky enough to get them but they wouldn't give him his schedule until 1:30 so back again we went.  3 times.  Sadly his schedule is messed up and we have to rearrange his classes.  But they can't until the 2nd week of school so for my kid that gets stressed out easily this is going to be a challenge for him.  But he'll get through it.

Then we were off to Gavin's class.  We put his stuff away and showed him where things are.  He's so scared of public bathrooms.  Terrified.  So I was so grateful that they have their own bathroom in his class room.  He was also thrilled and had to show me 3 times.  That kid is going to have a rude awakening being at school for 7 1/2 hrs 5 days a week.  Oh man. 

Then it was off to Joshua's class he was so nervous to have two teacher and couldn't quite understand how things worked.  But felt so much better when he saw they were right next to each other. 

That night Ryan finally came home after being gone forever and for a Friday night we all crashed at 9:30.   I can't wait for school to just start already and get back into that routine.  I sure hope my kids have a good year.  This being a parent and worrying about your kids is not for the weak I tell ya.