1st Day of School

I can't believe it's that time of year again. Here in our new school district, school starts about a month earlier than in LA Unified. I can't really complain. Rachel will be starting 5th grade and Allie, 2nd. The morning started out well and then took an ugly turn (see below)

Allie: Mom, which shoes should I wear?
Mom: How about the black slip-ons?
Allie: No, I'm going to wear my new tennis shoes.
Mom: Are you sure honey? The black shoes will look better with your outfit (inside her head, mom is thinking "if you wear the black slip-ons we will avoid the major tantrum you will most certainly throw if you have to put socks on.")
Allie: No, I'm going to wear my new tennis shoes.
Mom: OK Allie.........go get some socks on......... (mom steels herself for what she knows is about to come)

5 minutes later, and about 2 minutes before we have to leave to go to school:

Allie: Mom, these socks are bugging me, I don't want to wear these shoes.

Mom: Allie, there is no time to change your shoes, you are just going to have to get used to the socks.

Allie: THESE SOCKS ARE BUGGING ME!!!!!!!! I WANT TO CHANGE MY SHOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (repeat this about 50 times while crying hysterically)

Mom: Allie, there is no time to change your shoes, you are just going to have to get used to the socks. (repeat THIS about 50 times while each time the voice gets louder)

Mom: Get your butts out here and let me take your first day of school pictures!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!

If Allie's face looks like she has been crying in her first day of school pictures, it is because she was. She would be crying hysterically and I would point the camera her way and growl, SMILE! She would smile and then go back to crying hysterically. She cried almost all the way down our street to the stoplight. Lucky for her teacher she calmed down on the walk to school and hopefully she has a great first day of school.

I think I'll sit down right now and have a hot fudge sundae.