Growing Up - A Back to School Post

And it's like summer never happened.  The sky is nodding in agreement that September is here and once again we must cast our children into the unknown – with the hopes of reeling them back in a little wiser and with a greater sense of self.

Each day is a test when you're a child.  Can you adapt?  Can you manage a new routine?  Will you be liked, appreciated, acknowledged, fulfilled, challenged, understood – are you a survivor?

In America we coddle and protect, we meddle and hover and yet each fall our children journey to a world where we don't belong and have grown up too much to understand.  Finding your way among peers is like a voyage to the land where the wild things live – you hope your littles can tame the beasts and be home in time for supper.

I'm all in this year.  5 days of school for 2 boys.  Lunches, gym shoes, folders and back-up undies. How do modern kids capture their first day?  With selfies of course.  Oliver insisted on self documentation.  Luckily I was able to snap a few during the 20 minute exodus to the van.  

"Look Axel – a T-REX," that kid has yet to give me a decent pic on the first try.  Don't grow up too fast little men.

 - Mom