Time for back to school for the kids.

Guest post by Jewel Cole

The biggest challenge I had getting the kids back to school was getting their sleep patterns on track. During the holiday break they were able to stay up a bit later for television and visiting friends and family. We took many trips to different families house around the city and each trip always included a tin of homemade cookies for the relatives and us, a car full of antsy children just waiting to terrorize their house. Before each venture outside we always made sure to unplug our tree and turn on our home security alarm (information) just in case someone may want to help themselves to our Christmas presents. Now that the kids are back to school and into their regular routine it is my turn to get all the holiday decorations put away and get the furniture arranged again in the living room. Sometimes it's easy to forget how empty the house really is until times like this. Today is their first day back so there is probably another week ahead of cranky children trying to get back into the swing of school and early bedtime.