Back to school - on the wrong foot

getting ready to walk to the bus - Our neighborAlex is in Addi's class this year

The start of second grade has been very anticlimactic. There was no pomp and circumstance before school started. I usually try to squeeze in one last fun thing, but school really crept up on me this year and no big plans were made. The first couple of weeks have been a series of unfortunate events. Beginning with Luna getting hit by a car the night before school began. Things seemed to have leveled out now and I am looking forward to smooth sailing the rest of the year. If you want more details about Luna and Eli's shenanigans keep reading.

1.Luna's accident

Unfortunately, the Sunday night before school started we were at the 24 hour emergency pet hospital with Luna. She had been hit by a car and I was planning on taking her in by myself and Clayton was going to put the kids down so they could get a good nights rest. The triplets were bawling and really scared for Luna and Eli swore that I wouldn't be leaving the house without him. I caved and everyone piled into the car. Thankfully she was OK. Nothing was broken. She was very sore and bruised. She didn't move a muscle on Monday. We had to hold her food and water bowl in front of her in order for her to eat and drink. I kept up with her pain medications every 8 hours and she started to perk up a little on Tuesday. We even had to carry her outside to go to the bathroom. She is still walking with a slight limp and other than that she is back to normal. I don't know what we would do if anything happened to her. She is such a beloved member of our family. the triplets call her "the royal dog" She wears the crown with pride

2. Eli vomited all over the music room

Last year Eli missed a couple days of school towards the end of the year due to an uncomfortable case of poison ivy. He started things off with a bang by barfing all over the music room his first full day of school and my first day of work at my new job! I received a call from the school nurse who finally tracked me down. She had to go speak with my mom to find me. I had not updated our records and Clayton and I both had just stared new jobs. He ended up staying home the rest of the week.

3. Eli embarrassed Olivia in class which ended with her in tears

There are only two second grade classes. This is the first year the triplets have not had their own classroom. We decided to put Addi by herself. She thrives on her own at school but if she is with one of her siblings she tends to let them take the lead and only wants to partner with one of them. She is not like that at home however. She takes her turn being the boss around our house. Honestly, I was a little worried about Eli and Owa sharing a class. I keep hoping they don't break out into a fight at school. At the back to school night they picked out their desk and I suggested they sit far apart from one another. Eli is better now but I had to have a talk with him about teasing Olivia. In math they were working on story problems and each student had to write one and then read it out loud and share with the class. Eli's went something like this: Owa kissed John 16 times. She kissed another boy 6 times. How many times did Owa kiss a boy? She was mortified and started crying. Then I found this paper (below) in his bag. In case you can't read his scrawl he chose the word tomorrow to use in a sentence and wrote: Owa will kiss Tanner tomorrow! I love how he ends it with an exclamation instead of a period. After, his lecture he hasn't caused any problems in the class. With three weeks of school under our belt we are totally getting into the grove. We just got off to a slow start.