This morning, I walked my daughters into the courtyard of their school and dropped them there. As I was turning to go, my younger daughter came running back to me for a hug and then ran off. Just when I thought I was about to walk away again, my youngest came running back again.
“Another hug?” I asked.
“No,” she answered. “I just found a Jolly Rancher on the ground and I wanted to ask you if I should keep it.”
“You should not,” I answered.
“That’s what I thought,” she laughed and then ran off.
Sometimes I feel like I’m trapped in a Junie B. Jones book.
Probably right about now, all 13 people that read this post are thinking, “It’s June 9, your kids are still in school??!” To that I would say, YES. WE ARE. And we are IN PAIN. It’s June 9 and we are STILL IN SCHOOL! Still forgetting to sign planners. Still forgetting to make the online payment so they don’t have $-.20 in their lunch account and get nasty letters home from the cafeteria staff. Still forgetting to send in snack for the entire class. Yesterday was “Bring a snack day” in Jenna’s class. So, like every good mother who wants her child to have a snack in class, I prepared her a baggie of pretzels and a mini pack of Pringles. I mean, let’s be real here. She took TWO SNACKS. I had nailed it. Until I walked into her class to ask a random, unrelated-to-snacks question and saw all the BIG snacks on the front table. Cupcakes, oreos, sugar cookies. Hmm. Wonder what all of that is. I walked out of there and talked to another mom, only to discover that “Bring a snack” meant BIG SNACK TO SHARE.
Brother. It wasn’t snack day. This was a party.
To be fair to me, the mom who gave me the info had forgotten also. She had the knowledge, but no snack. So I got in my car and drove immediately to Winn Dixie. I bought snacks for me and for the other mom. 2 boxes of Caprisuns, 2 packages of mini chocolate cupcakes, and 2 packages of yummy frosted sugar cookies. $21 later, I walked back out of Winn Dixie with everything but my dignity. From that parking lot, I went straight to school and walked back into Jenna’s classroom. I snuck in while they were watching some type of presentation and walked over to the snacks table with my stuff. All of the other prepared-mom-snacks-to-share were arranged on the table. Among them was my daughter’s baggie of pretzels and tiny little package of Pringles.
That was my crowning moment. That was it. Wish I’d taken a picture of my initial contribution. But hey, I stuck my $21 worth of party stash on the table and walked out of there a proud woman. Then I texted my friend to tell her how awesome we were…how GREAT our snacks were. And how we’d nailed it for ONE MORE DAY.
Backwards Moms Unite.
ONE.
MORE.
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😂😂😂😂🙈 Backwards mom’s unite! I am having T-Shirts made just FYI.
I will proudly wear one.
once may begins, i delete any emails that include the phrase “sign up genius.” then i can truly say that i never saw that email. thus i never signed up. i am also considering making any sign up website a blocked site from my computer. because i am in recovery from an addiction to volunteering. you wouldn’t want me to fall off the wagon…
I FULLY support you.
When my kids first went to elementary school and I brought cookies for a party, I made home made sugar cookies. After watching them get piled on plates then thrown in the trash, I never did that again! I think they like Winn Dixie cookies better!
And I remember picking my kids up from school one year, not even knowing it was the last day of school! At least somehow I knew to come early that day, not sure how I knew!
You can be in our Backwards Moms Unite club.