We were waiting at the end of the driveway, just as the bus started to come up our street and I said,"Oh, shoot! We forgot the nametag your teacher sent for you!"
One look at my daughter's devestated face told me I needed to get that nametag, even if I had to drive it to school.
"Hang on," I said.
I turned and tore into the house at a full run. Up three flights of stairs to my bedroom, yanked open the file cabinet, grabbed my folder labeled "school" and tore back down the stairs. I threw open the front door and ran across the lawn just as she was going up the stairs into the bus. I climbed partway into the school bus and handed her her special nametag from her new teacher. The look of relief on her face was worth it.
The bus driver, who she has had for three years now, was laughing at me and said, "Ready for another year, huh?"
Clearly my goal for this school year should be to get my act together.
About Melissa
LOL – but as a scrapbooker – look at the great story you preserved!! =)Way to go mom!!
Hillary
That’s definitely something that I would do! (And, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve taken a photo on the SECOND day and called it the first day of school photo. Nobody will know.
I think the fact that you had the nametag filed in a folder labeled “school” indicates that you do have your act together! It would have been in a pile somewhere in my house.
Seriously, you knew where it was! that pretty much beats anything in my house.
I did that last year, forgot Boo’s tag that she had to make before school. It was bad…and the bus driver laughed at me for days!
Luckily this is the same bus driver we’ve had since Kindergarten. He’s used to my craziness
ummmm, at least you have a file labled school…think what would have happened if you didn’t know where exactly you put it! That’s gotta count for something, right?:)
I am totally hysterical laughing right now because guess what over mom was running back from the bus stop to get a name tag? Oh, yes. ME! And, I had on my only pair of sandels that are stylish but I can’t run in, so I ended up tearing down the sidewalk barefoot past 3 other houses to get the sticker. I just made it! I did take some back to school photos before the sticker incident, though. I know I gave the other totally together bus stop moms a good back to school chuckle!
THAT IS SO AWESOME!
And would you believe that I actually forgot Gracie’s nametag too? SHOOT ME NOW!!
Glad I wasn’t the only one