Cassandra Anderson!
"Oh! Thank you, thank you!
Goodness--I cannot say I am surprised considering my stellar Mom-behavior this week. I mean, who--but "The Worst Mother In the World" takes their children to school a whole hour late three days this week? Really?
I have to give a big shout out to my kiddos, I couldn't have done it with out ignoring them! Lorien, this is because I forgot to pack you a sack lunch that day you had the field trip at the park. Clare, this is because I let you watch TV for three hours Tuesday morning so I could take a shower and a nap. Adell, we can't forget the time I went to see a movie with a friend and stayed out way to late so you missed your bedtime nurse and had to go to sleep hungry.
And Wyatt! Oh Wyatt, I know my treatment of you clinched this award for me. I mean, who else completely forgets about their son's Kindergarten Graduation? That's right, no one with a soul would forget about that!
No one but me!
Thank you, thank you--it really is an incredible honor..."
(photo's courtesy of the kind and responsible parent of ANOTHER child in Wyatt's class)
Wyatt, scanning the crowd for his Mother. She's not there yet--but when is she ever on time? (NEVER) Maybe she will be there in time to see the reading of "Oh the Places You'll Go" when you get to hold up a special picture from the story.
Well Wyatt. You've got your fancy hat on, your diploma in hand, your cool beach bucket present from your teacher--what is missing?
Of course...your Mother...
6 comments:
don't be so hard on yourself. They won't remember. You aren't beating them. could be worse ;) you are a great mom and that's what they will remember. You have 4 kids! throw yourself a bone;)
This made me laugh out loud. :) Gasp! You missed that life-changing event, kindergarten graduation!! Who invented kindergarten graduation anyway?? Do we really have to make "events" out of every little thing? Events that require dragging a fussy, nursing baby and terror of a toddler out of the house and in public?
But keep in mind that this is coming from a mom who once realized that her children had gone two weeks without a bath. Yes, weeks. And the same mom who got her kids to the Stake Christmas concert just as their children's choir final number was ending. And to my eternal mortification, my two kids walked up to the stand in the middle of the number and took their place for the final 4 measures of the song before they came down.....
Yes but if you hadn't forgot you wouldn't have wanted to make up for it by taking Wyatt to the Lego Store where you saw me because I wanted Kaylee to stay at preschool for all of nap time so badly that I drove all the way to build a bear to get her a special animal to sleep with. It was so good to see you. If we didn't have all of those little ears listening we would have had an even more memorable conversation! Let's get together this summer and go to the park or something. You are awesome, just brush this week off and start anew.
I love you for this post. There is the fantasy of motherhood where we are reading old English children stories and making cookies with them... and them there is the reality. Don't feel bad, we all get a pass. Maybe you're like me and you need a pass every two days or so. Miss and love you.
P.S you're one of my favorite moms
I've always loved your mom stories...this one is awesome, and will bring great laughs at Wyatt's wedding breakfast. Don't worry, you can pass the trophy on to someone else (like me!) anytime you'd like.
Yay!!!! I'm not the only one! Isabel's class didn't have a graduation but they had this big singing program end of year thing and---I missed it! I thought it was at 11 but it was at 10! And then I got there and bawled for like a half an hour in front of everyone. And then I was depressed for days. Isabel got over it in a couple hours though.
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