Remember that time, when you were a kid, when you're parents forgot to pick you up from practice. Or maybe, you had a class project they were supposed to help you with, but they forgot at the last minute and you ended up with some pasta glued to a poster board.
Steve remembers when his parents signed him up for soccer, only they didn't get him shin guards or cleats. He ended up shoving sticks in his socks.
Well, bad parenting moments have darkened our doorsteps this week. For sure.
While I forgot to give Penny her allergy medicine and forgotten to pack her snack, the worst lapse definitely was handed to Carol. We missed her soccer photos.
Yep. Sent Steve to the wrong field. By the time he got to the right field, you guessed it, pictures were over. So now, she'll have a bunch of solo soccer pictures, and a group picture without her. Awesome. Proof of our folly.
The week has pretty much gone like that. We decided to buy a white board so we can have a communal list of things that need to get accomplished. Hopefully this helps. Otherwise, we will continue to be the Keystone Cops of Metcalf families, tripping over our untied shoelaces while we race to whatever activity we happen to be late for.
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Isaac has been coming home from school with stickers on his shirt to remind us about something - picture day, fundraising money due. I'm thinking of trying it on me. It would work for adults, too, right?
Yeah, well I'm the worst! Julia was like a freshman in high school and at a "dance" at the school. I fell asleep and didn't wake until the phone rang at midnight or so. "Mom???" Oh my god. I raced what seemed like many miles to Grayling High School and there she was, all alone, in the dark, standing there. I still beat myself up over that one. She had to bang on the door of the school until a Janitor let her in to make the call. (no cell phones then) So bad. So very bad.
At least you TRIED to get her to the photo shoot!
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