Yay!! School starts tomorrow! I actually have mixed feeling about that. On one hand, I'm excited to have some "me" time again with all four kids at school. Martha was homeschooled from the end of February thru the rest of the year. So it will be nice to be alone again. On the other hand, the schedule is tiring and the kids get grumpy from lack of sleep, too much homework, and not enough "kid" time. Martha especially is the worst during school time. She is very difficult to wake up in the morning and is very picky about her clothes, shoes, food, etc. Add homework and a lack of sleep, and she is a nightmare at times. She has been difficult all day, complaining about everything, just unhappy. I know it's cuz she is anxious about school tomorrow. She is worried about what the kids will say to her. We have talked about what she will tell kids, cuz we know there will be lots of questions about why she suddenly stopped coming to school last year. She is supposed to simply tell them that she was sick so she did homeschool for the rest of the year. I've told her countless times that it is no one;s business what her illness was and she just needs to say that doesn't want to talk about it. Whether she will follow the plan or not is a different story.

Today was the primary program at church. It was so neat to see the kids get up and talk. My little ones did great. There were a few kids that like to sing extra loud during their favorite songs and it is precious. Carly, who was sitting by me, kept making funny faces at Martha. It was kind of sad when I realized that it was Martha's last primary program. She is turning 12 in a little less than 2 months and will move on to Young Women's. I will probably cry when it's Jenny's last program.

This week already looks crazy busy. We will have to go school shopping for Carly once she gets all her lists from her teachers. She has a game on Tuesday. Martha has a therapy appointment on Wednesday. And seminary starts on Wednesday morning for Carly. She says she doesn't want to do seminary, but I'm gonna have to put my foot down and make her go. But first I have to convince her coaches that she needs to miss practice without being penalized. It is a religious thing, after all.