First day(s) of school

3 of the 6 of us started school this week. Jay started school wed, and the girls started thurs. Jay was up and at 'em wednesday morning. His father took him, and picked him up. I did take pictures as he was leaving... I'm not totally a bad mother.

He goes to FUMC mon - wed from 8:30 - 11:30 each day. He said there was one bad kid in the room but wasn't able to give me names so I could check up on this bad kid. He said everyone was nice, and he liked his teacher. He usually has these quirky, funny observations to make about things, but he really didn't wed. I'm sure it was just the first day so he was sizing things up and settling in. He'll prob have more to say next week. Not real sure why this paragraph or so is blue and underlined? that's odd.

The girls started thurs. I let their father take them too. And this time I let him take the pics, too. On my behalf, I was finishing up filling out paperwork while he was taking the pics, and I did go to their open houses the day before so I did participate! Emily, of course, complained the whole morning..."Great, now we're going to be late!" (we weren't); "Come on Kirkland, you are making everyone late!" (she wasn't); "why can't I take my lunch!!". Kirkland just goes with the flow for the most part... she only got a little sick that morning, which was great! They both said school was great... like their teachers, like their class. So far, so good.
I took them to school the next morning. We got there in plenty of time.... kids did really well. Only bad thing was this conversation from the back of car:

kirkland: "MAMA!!!! EMILY IS USING THAT WORD AGAIN!!!!!"
me: "what word, kirkland?"
kirkland: "idiotic!!!"

So, apparently emily has learned a new word and is using it often. While trying not to laugh, I told Emily this wasn't appropriate. I'm sure she'll replace it with a new one in a day or so.
Of course I had to rehash the morning with my best friend Tamar. She had a similar experience with her boys which cracked me up so I had to share. She said that she had to beat hers to get them out of the house, and I think pretty much whole way to school. It seems her boys (same age as my girls) had a huge argument over who had called who "gay" the most times the day before. She told them they could quit that crap and have it one way or the other: listen to the radio in the mornings, or the "insane mother show!" Ah, so accurate!!!!