Credibility of Stories

How much credibility can we give our children when the come home with outlandish stories of their teachers and other students at school that day? One daughter reported that she saw one of her middle school coaches plucking another coaches eyebrows during the workout session. She said that she had gone to the athletics office to ask a question when she came upon them.
Then there's the story about the two students, girls, who had spent $120 and $107, respectively, on spirit beads. They drained the stash and left no beads to be purchased by other students. My youngest daughter went to buy a string or two at 50 cents each and found that there were no more. When she saw the enormity of the number of beads on one of the girls she asked if she could purchase one and was promptly given a "no."
These are the recent WOW topics that I am pondering.

Back to School Blues

It's nearing the end of August, and the lazy, relaxed days of waking up later, exercising on a regular basis, eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at odd hours and staying up late are coming to a halt. For mom's of elementary, middle and high school students, that is. It is no surprise to you, and the dread of it has kept you thinking of what fun it was to swim and play with your dear ones. What fun it was to sleep in until 7:30 or 8:00 am, get up and exercise while the babes slept, then get on the computer, clean closets, do laundry or complete a couple hours of work, emailing or creativity while they snoozed.

Watching movies during the daytime, eating homemade popcorn nightly and playing in the pool for several hours at a time were commonplace. Yes, there were moments when the sibling bickering became overwhelming and caused you to raise your voice and ground them from the TV or computer for a day. And the occasional project you worked on would be often interrupted by a "mommy!" or an "I'm bored," statement. But overall, summer is remembered as a time of relaxed schedules and play time.

With the weeks leading up to, and the subsequent school start, the road trips begin. New school clothes, school supplies and registration for fall semester activities are the first. Then, the daily trudge to and from school, PTO meetings, school events and after school activities and events. The burden of waking those sweet children and encouraging them to eat a bit of breakfast before school, picking them up and prompting them to complete the horrific homework, then pleading with them to go to sleep are almost here.

I don't like to going back to school either.