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Yesterday was our official first day of school.

I forced myself out of bed at 7am (not easy to do after a summer of late wakeups) did my normal shower, and make breakfast. I got Matt ready to go to school. He didn't seem excited or anything. A typical response to a child going back to school after a long summer of freedom. Once we got to school, we found his teacher made our introductions and we waited for the class to file into school. Matt was getting bored and kept saying "Let's go in already". He hates to wait. Anyone who knows him, knows how he is always on the go. I am forever telling him to slow down or stop running.

Once Matt was safely in school, I ran home to pick up my hubby to take him to the Dr.s. We left Chantelle at home to do her morning chores and some school work she can do without me. Once we got back though, Chantelle and I started to work on science.

We are using Apologia Physical science this year. In the first module of the book, there is an experiment on atoms and molecules right off. I had purchased a science kit from Creation Sensation to go along with this book, so I didn't have to hunt all over creation for the materials needed. We had fun doing this experiment and watching the changes that happened. We used a 9 volt battery, some wire, and a baking soda/water solution for the experiment.

Mixing up the baking soda and water

If you look close at the black wire ends, you can see tiny bubbles coming up.

The end of the red wire (which was attached to the positive side of the battery) turned blue, which in end turned the water blue. But of course my camera batteries had died, so I never got a shot of that. Oh well. The rest of the day went smoothly with some complaints from Chantelle.

At 2:30 I left to pick up Matt. BIG mistake. Today I plan on leaving at 2:15. The kids get out at 2:40. Yesterday the parking was horendos. Almost everyone drives there kids to school in my town. The charge 700.00 per child (no breaks for more than one kid) to take the buses here. So naturaly only 5 bus passes got sold. So you can imagine all the cars there were at the school. Every side street near the school was filled up. I had to park 10 minutes away from the school. I should have just walked from my house (only 15 minutes away walking, like 2 minutes driving). I do have a homeschool friend who lives right off the street the school is on. Maybe I'll call her and ask if I can park in her driveway. Hehe.

I didn't have much time to chat with Matt about his day because I had just enough time to drop him off at home before I had to head to work. I hate that. It is going to drive me nuts not being able to see my son more than 30 minutes every day during the week.

I have asked my job if they can change my hours so I get out at 9 instead of 11, but they say they do not have the hours to do that. Whatever that means. I am so exhausted today it isn't even funny. There is no way I can do my job at home and work the shift they expect me to at work. Good thing it is only seasonal, but the season is going to be very long for me.

I hope everyone had a fun and exciting start to their new school year.