Back to School!!?

So next week Xander starts back to school - 6th grade this time.

One of the things we discovered when we moved to Tennessee was that Xander's school was 'almost' year round.  It is still 9 week terms but it is set up similar to my time in Ohio State's quarter system.  He gets a couple of weeks off in the fall and spring, a month for Christmas and a couple of months in summer.  But it still seems sudden.

Anyway, he goes in Thursday for a couple of hours, Friday is an 'in service' day and then the following Monday he starts in earnest.  Not even August and he is in school...

That is not at all what I experienced.  When I was in school it seemed to always start around Labor Day.  It was kind of a joke that Jeff's birthday was usually around the first day of school so no one really wanted to celebrate it.

So we took the kiddo out today to buy shoes for school and he is going through his closet making sure he has enough clothes.  Luckily he gets to wear shorts until it gets too cold out so most of his summer clothes will be fine for the first few months.

This weekend we will pick up his supplies and then before you know it he will be back in school.  I know he will miss his summer but I think he will have fun and it will be good to get him away from his electronics for a few hours.