Andrew and Martha Haley

Well, it’s that time of the year again, and school is about to start.  Rebecca is going into the 2nd Grade on Thursday, and Chris is starting Kindergarten.  Crazy!  How time flies. 

Now I know you may be thinking. “Thursday!  That’s August 7!”  Yep, they start quite early in Exeter, at least a week earlier than most schools, and two earlier than others.  There are some good things about it, though.  The kids get a week off in October, which make taking a vacation in off-peak times rather easy (We went to Disneyland the last two years), and they get the two weeks surrounding Easter, which make it much easier to travel during that time as well.

So this week is a time of transition in the Haley household.  We will be gearing up into the school routine (pick out your clothes the night before, get the kids up dressed, out the door by 7:25, 15 min. drive into town, drop ‘em off, go back home, back to the school to pick up Chris at 11:30 (Half-day kindergarten) then meet Becca’s bus out at the road at 2:30, repeat daily.  Of course, Martha will be doing most of this running.  The hardest part is the nearly 40 miles of driving each day (gas: ouch!).

So here I am, contemplating the new school year in my first blog post in quite some time.  I’d like to say that these are going to be more frequent, but I can’t.  I’d like to say we’ll keep on top of getting photos and updates posted all the time, but I can’t.  Life happens, and somethings go to the back burner, so I CAN say that we’ll TRY to post updates and photos more often, and that’s all I can do.

To all the families that are staring up school again, good luck, and I hope you children enjoy learning as much as mine seem to do :-).