Jake and Sam don’t start school until after Labor Day, but I have already heard the laments “I don’t want to have to do the work.” Shortly before or after that I always hear, “I am glad to be with my friends again.” I suppose it is the expected reaction……that is why most kids list recess as their favorite part of the day!
Jake with his best buddy
The boys are heading into first and second grade. Neither of them will be loaded down with homework, but they know soon they will spend at least thirty minutes a day at the kitchen island to get what work they do have done and that will be AFTER their 6 hours in class 
I have warned them that it only gets harder with more hours of work, but like most 6 and 7 year olds, they live in the NOW and the NOW means soon there will be no more sleeping until 8:30 and staying up until 9.
I am working on getting them back on their school schedule and I am focusing on the “friend” angle. They both enjoy school, but the reality of it staring them in the face after months of no real work or schedule is hitting them. The next few weeks will be a bit bumpy but I am strapped in and ready to go.
Are your tweens looking forward to getting back to school?
Tags: friends, homework, kelly gump, school, work
