Touching base
Only four days into term and our mornings, like every other family’s, have become alarmingly busy. We have lists to streamline the mobilisation of our family unit to get out the door and off to our various activities and mostly we manage to all pile into the car and be backing out of the driveway on time but occasionally things go under the radar – like making sure shoes go on the right feet. Fortunately we spotted this little oversight before she stumbled into her very first kinder session. Perhaps if we had missed it, and I had also been sporting a wild hairdo with a pencil or a twig sticking out of it, and an inside out cardigan while forgetting my name and which child I was enrolling we would have looked on the outside exactly how I am feeling on the inside. I am guessing I will find the natural rhythm of all of this soon enough, but for now watch out for the wild woman with the fist full of hastily scribbled lists.
Responses
4th February 2010 at 1:36 pm
My daughter used to do that with the shoes – she’d be so proud she did it herself. It was hard to bring it to her attention.
I was counting the days until school started this time around. I love the routine and normality of the school termtime.
4th February 2010 at 1:43 pm
I hear you, and I feel it. I’ve got one at kindy (day one today – yikes) and one younger. This morning it felt like I was trying to heft a slouching rhino off it’s rump and push it out the door. May your rhythm become a nice sound soon.
4th February 2010 at 2:03 pm
So cute. We often have switched-shoes days, but not because of back-to-school rush, just because of a very determined and independent almost 3-year-old. 
4th February 2010 at 2:32 pm
SNAP!
Sounds like we are on the same page, our fridge us covered in lists at the moment!
4th February 2010 at 2:35 pm
Ha ha – as soo as I saw that photo I almost knew what you were going to write – I have been there myself and done the shoe thing!! Looking forward to having you back on deck. Nic
4th February 2010 at 3:01 pm
I’m enjoying the image of you, your wild hair & your fist full of lists.
I’m just forgetting everything but mine are big enough now…if you can’t organise it yourself – go without. Tough but fair.
4th February 2010 at 3:08 pm
I sort of like the idea of you with wild hair and a twig in it, Moomin Claire, Fillijonk?
4th February 2010 at 6:04 pm
That is so sweet! what a great pic to remember the first day of school. Hopefully organisation will soon reign supreme. Best of luck!
4th February 2010 at 6:42 pm
When you find yourself doing hair, shoes and socks in the carpark at ten past 9, then you will have sunk to my level!!! However, I have discovered that sponging clothes rather than washing them saves time, water, wear and tear and energy consumption, hurray for cutting corners. Then Hang them up and spray them with water and a few drops of rosemary oil overnight and they will last till Friday, no worries.
4th February 2010 at 8:10 pm
Don’t worry, you are not the lone ranger! We are just holding it together here…it is easier every year though! (isn’t it?)
Michele x
4th February 2010 at 9:13 pm
Yep. We’re up to the eyeballs in flying by the seat of our pants. Except most of the time middle kid forgets the pants.
4th February 2010 at 10:42 pm
We had many wrong-foot mornings with my independent-minded daughter when she was young until I hit on the idea of using a permanent marker to make dots on the sides of each shoe: if the dots kissed when she touched her feet together they were on the right feet.
Good luck to everyone with the new term! (Love the socks too.)
5th February 2010 at 2:59 am
Yeah with three kids here and two in school at two different schools it gets hectic. I liked it better when they both went to the same school.
5th February 2010 at 7:57 am
Mornings are such fun! It’s when they put odd shoes on then cut up your lists with the play-dough scissors whilst wearing their pants on back to front… with no undercrackers on underneath! (Sonny did that the other morning when I left him to his own devices whilst sorting out a girly drama!)… that’s when you know you have to just go with flow!
5th February 2010 at 12:58 pm
Hi Claire
Just dropping you a line to say a belated Happy New Year and love your new web design … keep up the great work …
Kathreen xx
5th February 2010 at 8:50 pm
We have had a couple of wrong feet days but spotted before we made it out the door. It does take a little adjusting doesn’t it! I am sure we will just get the hang of it and the holidays will be here
6th February 2010 at 7:34 am
LOL. You’ve just reminded me that hubby was wearing his shirt inside out when took our son to his first day of first grade while. Had a big chat with the new teacher too before he realised. 
9th February 2010 at 5:53 pm
Shoes on the wrong feet are so cute… I’m always amazed at how they manage to walk,run and climb in them!
We’re doing the same adjusting to the new routine up this neck of the woods…
9th February 2010 at 7:04 pm
I am savoring every last moment until my oldest starts Kindergarten this Fall (sob!)
That photo is just adorable!
9th February 2010 at 8:25 pm
that’s my child’s feet! seriously. except she crosses her straps, because it ‘feels better mum’.
and the other day my son comes home with his sports shorts on inside-out. that’s the way they ended up after swimming. I think when you are in grade 2 you can get away with it.
10th February 2010 at 7:18 am
good luck with kindy – that behind us now – but that first day – so cute but so heart wrenching too. But now think of the freedom
10th February 2010 at 7:43 am
Oh for those carefree days of sleeping in and lounging around in pyjamas hey? Our start this year has been a little rocky with other parents forgetting to pick my 2 up from school! I hope for some ‘rhythm’ too…
11th February 2010 at 12:44 pm
I do that with my daughters shoes all the time – I can SO relate!
11th February 2010 at 8:22 pm
shoes on the wrong feet? – that’s nothing – my son often get’s his shorts on back the front, and last year he even managed to pull on a school vest the wrong way around AND wear it that way for the entire day – including up in front of the whole school at assembly – and that was in grade 1. For the record, I was sick in bed that morning so take no responsbility for sending him off that way!
12th February 2010 at 10:34 am
oh i love that the softie got revitalised! i had a favorite bear as a child (that i still own) and wish it could’ve had a nice holiday now and then.
lovely!
4th February 2010 at 12:50 pm
I hope you find your rhythm soon. Love the shoes on the wrong feet, I can’t count how many times that happens.