Weekly thread: What end-of-school-year madness are you dealing with?
I'm not complaining, but: So many concerts.
Greetings, everyone, in the midst of a Very Busy Week. Tuesday evening was the school art show. Last night was the middle school band concert. Tonight is the elementary concert. My son is on a field trip today (to the Met! yay!), and my daughter has a field trip next week. Our elementary school also has a different theme each day from now until the last day of school that requires remembering to bring random things like beach towels into school. A very big part of me loves this stuff — and the kids are having so much fun!!!! — but another part of me is like omggggggg this is too much to remember and attend, help.
I know I’m not alone — one of my good friends shared the other day that she’s had to reschedule her fifth grader’s dentist appointment twice so he can attend all the necessary events, which include a parade, pool party, dance, and water balloon fight, in addition to fifth grade graduation.
What crazy scheduling shenanigans have you been managing or are you expecting to grapple with in the coming days and weeks? How are you handling it? And how are your kids doing in the midst of all the schedule changes and transitions? Share your thoughts and stories in the comments. (And please feel free to vent. This is always a safe place to vent.)
My daughter somehow has *everything* on one day: preschool graduation at 10, kindergarten orientation at 1:30, and her dance recital at 4. It's daunting!
So many classroom parties, school parties, dance performances, and birthday parties. I love it all so much but not sure when I can write! I know in the parking lot!