Back to School!

My oldest son started Kindergarten. He loves it. There is nothing that makes me happier.

My husband and I decided to send our children to private school (even though it reeeaaallllyyyy stretches us financially) because we truly believe there is no better "thing" to spend money on other than education. We want the love of learning to come early ~ and somehow we feel LAUSD wouldn't quite see our son the way we do.

We're coming into week two of Kindergarten -- the first full week (and it's not even full). Last week consisted of a back to school picnic, "make new friends" day and two days that ended at 12:00. We are easing into K nicely.

One chore that comes with back to school time is lunch packing. This year we will have a LOT more flexibility as we neither need to be parve Kosher nor peanut-free! BIG difference from preschool! I sat down with Zach and we chatted about things that he likes to eat and would like to have in his lunch. I will be interested to see if it works to make him a part of the decision making process. This usually DOES work, however with lunches and food choices -- you never know.

I'd like to have a chart up in the kitchen so the boys can choose from what we have. I got this idea from Martha. I'd love to actually institute it in my home. It seems like it would help me stay on top of the packed lunch situation (and it looks cute too!). Whatever it takes to get them to eat, right?