Yes! Yes! YES!!!

[_skippy the dead]

Is Kindergarten all day in your district? It is here, and wow, is it nice!

Nope - just 3 hrs 20 mins. And she's in the afternoon session, so she'll go 11:45 to 3:05. On the plus side, I'll be getting plenty of exercise walking her to and fro - there's a nice steady hill on the way home (about an 18 1/2 min walk each way). Workin' the glutes, baby!

[_The Nehor]

Dirty mind?

Yes.

KA

I prefer to call it a deep-seated appreciation for the finer things in life.

[_Dr. Shades]

My kids are back in school!!

I'm going to drop the littlest off at pre-school and hit Barnes and Noble - ALONE! Yee Haw!

Doing a happy dance,

KA

Maybe I'm missing something, but if you feel that good when your kids are gone, what was the point of having them in the first place?

[_KimberlyAnn]

My kids are back in school!!

I'm going to drop the littlest off at pre-school and hit Barnes and Noble - ALONE! Yee Haw!

Doing a happy dance,

KA

Maybe I'm missing something, but if you feel that good when your kids are gone, what was the point of having them in the first place?

I know why you don't understand. You don't have children of your own.

I love being with my kids, but everyone needs a break sometimes. I stay home with them 24/7 and they get bored in the summer, so I have to endlessly entertain them. None of us are happy cooped up together all the time. Six hours away during the day is nice for everyone. I still have my four year old almost all day, and I love the time I get to spend with her while the others are at school. She's learning to read. But we both like the few hours a week she spends at pre-school.

It's a necessary break, Dr. Shades. At least it is for me and my girls.

When school's almost over, we'll be ready for summer again. And I'll enjoy it for eight weeks and pull out my hair the other three or four. :)

KA

PS - I was Mormon when I had them. They were waiting patiently in the Sprit World for their bodies, you know. Looking back, maybe I wouldn't have had so many kids if I weren't Mormon, but I can't very well send them back, can I? And I wouldn't even if I could.

[_Mary]

KA, my hubbie was supposed to take the month of August off, but he has a tape out this week. After that I am really keeping my fingers crossed.

For 5 weeks I can pretty much keep my son entertained, 3 months is a little long I think. I think our longer summer holidays (though as far as I know they were never 3 months) were harvest based. I know in the Med, it just gets so hot, but they have early morning school, coming home at lunch time.

We live right out in the countryside, with no pathways outside the house, it's beautiful but dangerous to go out the front drive. (car drivers refusing to go the speed limit) We've got swimming, stunt kite flying, woodland walks, the Planetarium in Baker Street, Oxford NH Museum, Warwick Castle, and maybe some weekend trips on the menu, and just maybe add to that a couple of weeks in Greece or Portugal (gonna be late booking)... But 3 months...that would be bad for him I think, because he needs to be around other kids. The kids in the village are either younger or a lot older, and they get fed up of our son always going on about science...and he can't do any of the sport clubs that involve contact. (football etc) I only know the dynamics of having one. But I know for sure that he needs to be around other kids socially. (Playground is tricky because he has no experience of rough and tumble play)

Mary