Back to School

Thank goodness today is back to school for Phillip. It was nice to be off for Christmas and New Years and he got to stay home and play with his new toys, but I think he was getting a little too comfortable with being at home in his jammies. When I stayed home with him for a couple of years when he was younger, we used to have jammie days - it was nice for both of us. Unfortunatley, that has parlayed into him wanting to stay in his jammies more than he wants to get dressed and sometimes there is a fight when we are going out and he doesn't want to go becaue he doesn't want to get dressed. I knew I had a problem on my hands when last Friday night I authorized the wearing of the jammie pants to the local YMCA where has was accompanying me becuase I had to work. His dad was also working, but it's more convenient for me to take him to work with me. When we got there I also realized that he was still wearing his slipper socks with his shoes. I guess on one hand, I am teaching him how to relax!

Today we go back to routine, rules and rat race. I swore that I was going to stick to bed time when he was off on break, but 2 days into break, he was going to bed and 10:30 becuase we were out with friends. Now, it's back to 9:00 bed time (9:15 if he brushed his teeth at night!). I'm sure he'll be tired becuase we were out late last night at a Trans Siberian Orchestra concert and he had to get up this morning! Maybe this weekend we'll have another jammie day!.........