Don’t worry if your kid is in seventh grade and you haven’t done this ever before. To get a free printable of these first day of school questions, scroll to the instructions below the photo. (Thanks to Amy at Positively Splendid and Amber at Illustrated With Crappy Pictures for the inspiration.) I made a new first day of school questionnaire – a hodgepodge of the cute Q&A sheets and the juicy questions. Related: 100 Non-Boring Questions for Kids to Get Them Talking The Best First Day of School Questions to Ask Your Child Not the typical questions like “What’s your favorite subject?” But powerful questions like “When do you feel the most loved?” and “What are you afraid of?” and “What is the meaning of life?” The only problem? I realized I should be asking different questions. Then after a few years, you have a collection of these amazing snapshots to look back on. The idea is you interview your kids every year on the first day of school. So when I saw this cute Q&A for the first day of school, I was sold. How Bailey sucks her toes, that Abby grew a full inch this August, how when her baby sister is fussing Abby sings these made-up songs to calm her down that make absolutely zero sense and they’re totally off-key but 100% beautiful. I have this newfound urgency to capture every moment of the girls’ childhood. How does that happen? I Bet You’ve Heard This BeforeĮveryone says “Enjoy it now, they grow up so fast!”Īnd you just smile and nod and think to yourself “Shut your face.” Because THEY are getting 8 hours of sleep a night, and THEY don’t have to wipe anyone’s butt 10 times a day, and THEY didn’t just reach up to tuck their hair behind their ear and find a gob of dried, crusty mashed sweet potato.īut the contrast of having a newborn at the same time that another child is starting kindergarten finally brought that stupid cliche home for me. Was Abby really that little once? I mean, I know she was.īut how is it possible that a tiny thing who couldn’t even ROLL OVER went and grew up into a 5-year-old who has her own feelings and thoughts and opinions? Like A LOT of opinions. From what I gathered, the purple octopus had just invited the orange crab to a princess tea party. She stared at me for a second then went back to her bathtub toys. I scooped up the baby and ran to the bathtub. Later that night, while Abby was in the bath, I sat on the floor with our 3-month-old waiting for her to roll over – her latest new trick.
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