School is back
This week marked the beginning of the school year and kids across the city are now sitting back at their desks dealing with text books, homework and tests. It’s the time of the year that parents breath a sigh of relief and kids grudgingly make their way to and from school each day.
On the first day back (yesterday) I had the interesting experience of watching a family as they get ready for the big day. The Luger family had to put up with my shenanigans as I reported from their kitchen as the twins Hayden and Alyx woke up, ate breakfast, and took off for their first day of Grade 2.
Mother Kim and father Scott had a bit of a busy morning trying to make sure the lunches and knapsacks were all packed and ready to go. They were also dealing with the regular parental feelings on a day like that … realizing their children were another year older and time is moving so quickly. It was an emotional day for the family with the parents sad and the twins feeling excited and nervous.
I’d say the most fun from the day, obviously, came from the kids. Hayden got up a half an hour late with his sister waking a bit early, feeling very giddy over her day on the radio. At first Alyx was extremely shy and could barely get a few words out of her mouth, staying close to her mother. After about 20 minutes of joking with her she was full of life and couldn’t stop talking.
It was rather difficult to read my reports live on the air when she would take her stuffed kitty and make it walk up my shoulder and onto my head. It was possibly the cutest thing to happen to me while on the air. Hayden wasted no time in getting his voice heard. He immediately started chatting to me and was explaining how excited he was to be heading back to school.
The touching point for me was when I received two hand drawn pictures from the kids. They also made a couple of pictures for Morning Show Anchor Lynda Parcells, who used to live next door to the Luger family.
Even though I was there for work purposes I had a tonne of fun with Hayden, Alyx, Kim and Scott. It is that rare time where I get to connect with my story on a personal level and produce some great stories while doing it. Needless to say, I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat.