Back to School 2014

I don't know why parents talk about Back to School time being stressful.

All that's required is a modicum of organisation.

Those of us in possession of such basic organisational skills ordered all of the schoolbooks online, in July to avail of a 10% discount. Said schoolbooks were then delivered to the door, with covers, to await labelling and placing in schoolbags. Simple.

Uniforms have been kindly handed down by friends of ours. Tick that box!

A lunchbox, as is tradition, has been bought by Nanny for Little Lady who is terribly pleased.

So here we are, with one week left till school starts back and we're in great shape!

Except that I can't find the 'safe place' where I put Little Man's labels from last year. Ok, I guess I'll just write his name on all his books. And pencils. And jumpers. Feck.

Still, Little Lady's labelling is going very well. Schoolbag, books, lunchbag, uniforms and coat all adorned with a purple owl and her name. Great! I must put these shoe labels in her shoes. Oh. Shoes... Those'd come in handy, wouldn't they?

I suspect Little Man should also retire the flip-flops he's worn all Summer and get a pair of shoes that actually fit too. Feck.

Right, well we'll have to sort that out. For now though, I'll just double check the stationery fee listed on each kid's booklist and pop that in an envelope for the teachers. Yes, there's the list. Yep, all books ticked off as they were labelled and put into schoolbags. Hang on, what's this? At the bottom of Little Man's list:

B2 handwriting copies x 6

HB triangular pencils x 4

Project copy, 40 pages x 2

Sums copy, 20mm squares, 40 pages x 1

Well, feck.

You know what? Back to school time is a smidge stressful...