08/05/2025
Do you have a back to school tradition with your kids or grand kids or something you do as a teacher to help get the school year off on the right foot?
So for the last 11 years, I’ve been doing “practice donuts” with my kids the week before school starts. What started as a fun little reason to get a fancy coffee when my daughter was a baby, has become like a national holiday in our house.
We wake up early and do a practice morning getting ready for school.
Then we drive to get donuts and coffee and take it to their school playground.
We eat together and talk about what the kids are most excited for and most nervous about the school year.
Then they play on the playground and I try not to tear up thinking about how big they are compared to last year.
Honestly, I’m hoping they will do “practice donuts” with me until they graduate high school. I’d call that a “mom win.” And who knows? Maybe someday they will carry on our back to school tradition with their own kids.
