Get up at 6:30 with the baby after a night even more awesome than I could have ever dared to hope for. Will slept from 8:30 until 3:00, woke up for a bottle and went back to bed until 6:30! Awesome! I can totally live with that. Anyway, after baby is fed and other three are pried from the grasp of the sandman, all of the kids are up and ready for the day. A side note worth mentioning is that Erin stayed up until almost midnight in an attempt to master adding fractions with uncommon denominators. I had started to help her, but then had flashbacks of math with Mr. Walker and I had to walk away. She got up and showered and didn't even complain... I know, pure awesomeness!
Anyway, got kids to appropriate destinations (early, I might brag) and headed off with little William to LDS Hospital to have his nose de-boogered by a Respiratory Therapist. I was a little concerned when the guy told me he chose LDS Hospital originally because there were no pediatric patients.... "and I'm going to let you work on my little guy who is 22 days old?" Huh? Anyway, not the point of this post.
After finishing at the hospital and heading back to pick up Jack from preschool, I call to check my home phone messages. Another side note, don't leave me a message on the home phone. I don't check them that often and if you really need to talk to me, you should email or call my cell. Continuing.... there is a message on the voicemail left around 11 am (current time was just after noon) from a mom of one of Jack's school mates. She introduces herself (yes, you read that right) and launches into an explanation about how much her son has wanted to play with Jack, and her daughter has a dentist appointment today and could her son come home with us for about an hour and a half? WHAT??? Needless to say, this situation is a tad bit awkward. "Call me back," she says. By now, 20 little kids are making their way to cars and Jack is walking with a huge grin and his new best friend towards the minivan.
"Jethro (not his real name) is coming to our house." I proceed to tell Jack that, in fact, he is not coming over for a playdate today because I haven't talked to his mom, and Will is sick and today really isn't a good day anyway. Jethro pipes up that it's okay with his mom, she's not picking him up and she told him to go home with Jack. Thanks, Jethro and Jethro's mom! Just then, another mom (evidently a friend to Jethro's mom) breaks in and lets me know that because said-mother couldn't get in touch with me, she's taking Jethro home with her. Phew! Problem solved; at least the biggest one. Now, I turn around to see Jack with crocodile tears and screaming at me with his hoarse little voice.... throwing his coat, his backpack and anything else he can find on the ground and kicking anything that gets in his way. He lets me know, in no uncertain terms, that he is not happy with me and that "it's not fair." You're telling me, I want to say.
To make amends, we try to call Grandma, but she's not answering. I finally convince him to get a Happy Meal with me and after waiting in line for an order than I could have made faster myself, he gets stuck with a My Little Pony toy and life is unfair all over again. Thank goodness for Wii and Mario Kart!
Well, there you have it folks. It's just after 2 p.m. and I have already ruined one of my kids lives. I can hardly wait until the girls get home!
2 comments:
I guess we need to be reminded that we aren't as awesome at this mom thing as we think we are! To be put in your place by a 5 year old is pretty great, right? I think you handled it perfectly. Weird that this mom would try to send her son home with a mom she's never met, let alone talked to. Bizarro! Glad to hear Will is doing good :) Keep up the posting!!
What doesn't kill ya only makes ya stronger :)
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