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the twins are turning 3 this year...they started headstart on the 1st and on monday they will be going to the same class that jake was going to....so they will be there half a day and then at headstart the rest....they are going cause they are really behind in their verbal skills....and we want them to get as much help as possible 3nodding

Is Angel kindergarten as well? That's cool they started on the same day! There are a few different schools my nieces in Albuquerque are starting at, and every school had a different starting day. rolleyes And LOL @ watching cartoons anyway!

Oi yeah I went through all the permission slips and forms and rules and whatnot to sign today too. Tons of it! rolleyes And I know for SOME schools, kindergarten started later than the other grades, but for others they started the same day, but every school seemed to have a different day picked; some on a Tuesday, some Wednesday, some Thursday, some Friday! I remember when we always started on a Monday, but then as I got older they started started us on Thursdays so we'd have a short week to get used to stuff again, followed by a weekend.

Jade's second day went pretty well, and she says she had fun, and she showed me all the little jumps and skips and things they did in P.E. She says she cried on the playground during lunch though because she wanted her teachers and they were inside eating.

Ugh! Shopping for adult jeans seems just as difficult these days!!! gonk I don't know what the fashion/jeans people are up to, but I dread shopping for new jeans because they're always either way too long and dragging on the floor, or the waists are way too low and if I squat down, my butt crack will show. rolleyes I've finally just resorted to folding the bottom cuffs up about 4 inches and sticking to Target for my jean-shopping because no matter how many places I try, Target always seems to have the best fits.

And it's always perplexed me that they only have ONE kids size for ever year of age! I mean, you take a class full of 8 year olds, and they're of all shapes and sized! I mean, they should AT LEAST divide each size up into different lengths and/or different widths, like an 8 small, or an 8 petite, or something versus an 8 medium or 8 wide... I've brought this up to Jason before. Maybe we should all rampage over and take control of the fashion industry! 3nodding

I feel the same way about the dressing thing. Angel is ONLY 5 and dadgummit... she's gonna dress like it! Even when she's 16 she's gonna dress like a lady *stomps foot down* They do have a reasonable dress code in her school though... it's something I totally support. The girls can wear shorts and skirts but at a reasonable length and no "halter" tops or shirts with spaghetti straps (although they can have straps). For everyone, no slouchy, sloppy or outrageously baggy jeans or t-shirts. No holes or torn up clothes. No earrings for boys and no other "piercings" for either. Girls have to keep their hair tidy... pretty much just not so messy and in their eyes that they can't see... they don't necessarily have to have it pulled back. The boys on the other hand have stricter rules with their hair... they HAVE to have it cut above the neckline... pretty much the way a young man is supposed to wear his hair. Like I said... I like the dress code at our school 3nodding

Now going shopping for Angel's jeans... that's a whole nother story. Her little butt is too small to hold up very many jeans... she's a little skinny minnie. She wears a size 4 petite... from the "big" little girl's department. She can still wear 4t from the "toddler's" department... but they don't fit her in the length and she can wear 5t from there but they don't fit her in the waist. And it is HARD to find 4 petite!! I've only found about 4 pairs of that size since she's started wearing them. So we've been going with size 4 regular (when we can't find the other) and they're good in the length but too big on her waist. And I don't see her getting out of that size for a while. sweatdrop I see this as going to be an ongoing battle for her... she'll have to deal with this trouble for the rest of her life neutral

maybe we need to go back to making our clothes outselves rolleyes

it's only in the last 80 years or so that clothes have been 'off the peg'

Toni started school today, now its nice and peaceful xD But there was a mix up with her bus stop. The card I got told me that it would be at the corner of Hansen Ave and Rennisance Drive....which is across the street from my building. And its a very busy intersection. I wasnt happy about having to walk her across traffic, but there isnt anything I can do about it. So we're waiting on her bus, we see it coming and its lights start flashing.......at her old bus stop!!!! Man was I jacked!!!! I had to take her across yet another busy street, and practically run to get her there because he was holding up traffic. Only to ask and be told that he was told to get her at this place and I was told something different. I felt like a moron, but its not my fault the bus company screwed up. I would call and complain but what good would it do me scream

She's in second this year, at a new school. She's in learning support classes and they arent offered at her home school so she has to go to a different schol. But its worth it, because she had improved by leaps nad bounds since she started learning support.

There are other kids at her stop but they go to a different school, wich is Toni's home school. It doesnt change, every year the bus stop is in the same place. I suppose I should have known they made a mistake on the card but I thought you know different school, different stop.

Oh well, Im sure Im not the first parent to mix up a bus stop, I just feel really dumb now sweatdrop And its not like the wait was too long for trafffic....the other bus picks up about 10 kids so the wait time is about the same. Its just parents were there today and they were staring at me, and I was really embarassed redface But i think they could tell by my expression that I was not pleased 3nodding