First Week of the New School Year!

It's official- Mac is a 5th grader and Lilly is a 1st grader. YIKES is all I can say!
Our first week of school is really just one big blur...we were and are so busy. I was barely keeping up last week. The kids are both loving it. No complaining yet, not even in the mornings when they are still tired and shoveling breakfast down in order to be ready on time. They both have been getting up so well and getting themselves ready all on their own! It's amazing and makes things a lot easier for everyone. I was more stressed than they were (:
I helped all week with our new drop-off and pick-up procedures at school. It was a bit CRAZY and stressful for the first few days, but I think everyone is figuring out what to do now, so it's going a bit more smoothly. We do not have buses, so it's a lot of cars, people, traffic to coordinate! I am hoping it all works out sooner, rather than later.
This week seems way more calm because my carpool schedule has started and I am not driving this week. (so nice!)
I feel like I have a lot more time to prep for the day, etc. Our evenings are a bit hectic, but with practices, school meetings, Girl Scouts, etc...we do the best we can. The kids seem to be adjusting to it all so I am not going to worry about it or drop any extracurricular activities until they become an issue. I know both of them will start coming home with homework soon and that may cause a ripple, but we will deal with it.
Griff definitely misses both kids. He gets up and plays with them each morning and cries when it's time for them to go. It doesn't last long because he seems to be enjoying our one-on-one time a lot. I am thinking about signing up for a Mommy and Me play-time class at the Recreation Center. I thought about Story Time at the library, but he is way to WILD for that still. It would be a disaster for sure (:
All in all, we are getting in a groove. I think it's going to be a fun school year!