How many more days of this?!?

170 something. I tried to count and got a little lost in the middle. But that's how many more days of this...

So, full disclosure: by 8:45am all I could think was "I hate this."

Our morning was basically just controlled chaos. And yes, this was mostly my fault. The tricky thing with the first day of school is that you can't immediately fall into the regular routines. We needed to do a little tour of the school and the classroom, talk about rules, meet one another, etc. So instead of a regular structured morning like we'll eventually (hopefully) have, we had a lot of confusion and wiggling and craziness. I have a couple of boys, in particular, who can't sit still, keep quiet, or keep their hands to themselves for more than 30 seconds. If that. Plus, these babies apparently need to use the bathroom one million times a day. I think we're establishing a system for it, but it's still just a constant stream of kids in and out of the room. I would make them hold it, but pee pee pants is my worst nightmare, so you gotta do what you gotta do. 

Honestly, the highlight of my day was getting to see my old students. I love and miss them so so much!  

But, I will give my first graders this: 

We were talking about what would make good class rules and here were my favorites: 

"Don't rob a bank" and "No smoochy-smoochy." 

Here's the thing, though: I really need to lay down the law. So much of the craziness today should have been squashed better by me. I am naturally such a softie, and I know I need to toughen up on these babies and whip them into shape. So tomorrow, I'm showing them what's what.