Books, Clothes, and Buses Oh My!

I think of 2015 as the year of school, not the year of the wood sheep, what the hell is a wood sheep anyway? Anyway being the the person I am I'm already researching and planning all things school related. So far I'm unimpressed with what I've found.

First and most importantly the class start bell for Little K's elementary school is 7:30 AM,  I'm not even out of bed at 7:30 AM and neither is she these people have go to be fucking kidding me! Getting her up for a 9 AM swim class last fall was like pulling teeth. This means my work from home ass will now have to get up at 6 AM every single weekday just to get a kid ready and off to school. No wonder parents look forward to school breaks as much as kids do.

Next since I live close to two outlet malls I'm already thinking about school clothes, I know if I shop now I can get great deals on fall/winter clothes but what do I need and in what sizes? How many pairs of pants, shirts, dresses, shoes does this kid have to have? I don't want her to have the best and the most but I don't want her to have the worst and the least either. It seems like every day is some kind of spirit day. PJ's no nightgowns, footballs jerseys, dress like an old person day. Do I need outfits for all this shit too!?! Is there a pre-planned schedule I can get now so I don't have to run around last minute trying to find something?

The school lunch menu is full of shit my picky eater wants nothing to do with (including chicken rings??), I know what I can pack that she will eat but at some point someone's going to want to know why my kid is eat fruit, veggies, and nuts most days. Maybe I can show up some days with warm scrambled eggs or a fresh baked batch of fish sticks, yum!

If the school has 6 kindergarten teachers each with an aide how many damn kids are there and where do they come from? On average in my weekly kid routine I run into maybe 10 other mom's with kids my age so where is everyone else hiding!?! My pool of potential friends should be much bigger based on the number of kindergarten teachers.

Since I work from home and Tyson works a lot of nights we don't plan on having a bus rider, any excuse to leave my house on a weekday is an excuse I'll take. However, just in case she ever needs to ride the bus I have to fill out a special form and then they issue her a bus card. No bus card no bus ride, seems pretty complicated to me. All I ever did was show up at the bus stop and get on the bus. Also car riders are not allowed to have their parents exit the vehicle to help them buckle up at the end of the day. Guess I'll be teaching her to buckle that impossible seat belt all summer long.

Last on my list of ohmygodwhatihaveigotteninto is school supplies, the school supply list seems simple enough but what kind of backpack does she need, no one covers that? Does the first of the year list cover the entire year or will she need random things throughout the year too.

I just want to know what happened to easy kindergarten you know with naps and cookies and milk for a snack later? If you have kids and/or nieces and nephews what was your first year of school like?

Kelli