Back to School Again

Where has the Summer gone? It seems like it goes faster each year!! Chloe started 1st Grade and it makes me sad =( She is my last baby left and there will be no more, both my boys said they were "too old" for first day of school pictures and Cody did not even want me to go with him to see his classrooms and meet his teachers, he thought he needed to run along with his buddies, without Momma, and he's just entering 6th grade! Time sure doesn't stand still anymore, instead it passes us right on by.  There is definitely pro's and con's that come with starting school back (at least in my house) One good thing is Mom gets her sanity and 8hrs of quiet time to enjoy during the day for whatever purpose: Cleaning, reading, watching a movie all alone with no interruptions, or going to the store to get a few things or groceries without kids screaming they want this and that!!! Then there are the cons: none of the three of them want to go to bed at night at 8:30, which I think is a decent time and they get TV until 9:30 and then it gets turned off. That is a battle in itself because they want to lay there awake all night and watch it and then gripe when you turn it off. Also there is the wanting to rush out the door as soon as they get off the bus and think they can do homework later and that is a big NO! Chloe actually sat with me and did hers yesterday with no complaints and she was rewarded with a sticker and gets a ice cream cone at the end of the week, if she gets a sticker every night for doing homework without complaining......so far, Day 1 of homework was successful with a sticker, now I am anxious to see how Day 2 goes and the rest of the year....Haha