Things are finally starting to calm down at school. The after school activities were causing most of the headaches, with me, often in tears, running around the school with Rebecca on my hip, trying to find out where the kids were supposed to be. The school should have given us a list of the activities they were accepted into 2 weeks ago, but they never did. The kids were starting to get reprimanded for not being at the right activity, but no family at the school had gotten confirmation of which activities their kids should be attending.
In the end, Micaela has juggling, tennis, swimming, yoga and guitar. James has soccer and kung fu and Emilie will do gymnastics and swimming. After all the craziness, they ended up getting pretty good activities. Soccer practice for James has been going better, not great, but better. We just found out we need to submit a bunch of paperwork, including a health certificate, for him to be eligible to play in a game.
For the first few weeks, I was wondering why I wasn't running into more Americans on the playground after school. It turns out many Americans have their kids take private buses to and from school. I have met some moms now, and when I ask them if dealing with school issues gets easier, they all say the same thing: "No, but you get used to the chaos."
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