open house aka supply drop off

tonight was open house for ellie .. to me this is code for .. parents .. please bring all your supplies tonight so that i can get everything all sorted and organized so that the first day of school is not so crazy .. i think this is a super idea .. in fact .. if i was still teaching .. i would still be at school going thru all the goodies that all the kids had picked out .. putting all the crayons in the big crayon bin .. sorting pencil top erasers and glue sticks .. stacking up the kleenex boxes and clorox wipes .. you can tell many things about a kid by their school supplies .. what they like .. what they don't like .. which ones have neurotic parents .. this is easy to tell because the neurotic parents have already printed pretty labels with fun things on them that color coordinate with their students binder and notebooks/folders .. not that i would know about this or anything ..

cash brought along his skutt bike .. his favorite mode of transportation .. why walk when you can create mass confusion in a hallway already full of confused and lost parents and kids ..

 .. last year he would ride it in every day that we took ellie in .. he would weave and dart thru all the kids coming down the hallway .. i am pretty sure that he ran over a few toes .. but before the poor kid could figure out what happened to them .. cash was gone ..

really .. ?? she is in second grade .. how did this happen .. can anyone explain it to me ..

and this is ellie's teacher .. pretty and sweet little mrs. smith .. we are very lucky .. mrs. smith is a super super teacher .. we will have to find out if she likes oreos or not .. how could she not like oreos .. they are the best thing ever invented .. better than starbucks coffee and cake balls .. ok .. maybe not better than starbucks and cake balls .. maybe the same as starbucks and cakeballs .. anyway .. i am sure that she likes oreos .. i will ask her and let you know ..

so there you have it .. open house was a huge success .. ellie knows most of the kids in her class .. she is very excited to see her friends and learn triple digit double multiplication facts and how to balance chemical equations and tell time and all the fun things that you learn in the second grade .. but as with every first day of anything she is also just a little nervous ... she starts on thursday .. wednesday she is going to stay home with granny all by herself .. cash will be at school .. so that will help .. how can you not be better after staying at home with granny all day long ..