Things 2 B Thankful 4

With my kids successfully out of elementary school, yes, of course, there are lots of things I miss (cuddles and a day without eye rolling top the list). On the other hand, there are lots of things I don’t. So in the “let’s count my blessings” Turkey Day spirit, I present:

“Some Things I Am Thankful I Will Never Ever Have to Do Again”

1. Divide two moms, one non-driving babysitter, a nanny with a brand new license, three car seats, and six kids into a five-day-a-week carpool rotation. (Did I mention that I am a mathaphobe who breaks out into a cold sweat at the thought of anything involving numerals?)

2. Help my little scholar solve math problems about trains leaving stations at different times going different miles per hour (I’d sooner add the passengers into my carpool rotation).

3. Make a 9:30 PM run to the art supply store for must-have ingredients for the Medieval fortress project due the next day at 7 am.

4. Stay up past my bedtime “helping” my offspring assemble said fortress.

5. Transport said fortress to school the next morning in a rainstorm with gale-force winds.

6. Decide which kid to leave waiting for me in the rainstorm with the gale-force winds when soccer practice and play rehearsal end at the exact same time on either end of town during rush hour.

7. Figure out a healthy snack to send into school that will actually satisfy the discerning palate of my future foodie.

8. Listen to my little scholar’s teacher muse aloud about the parenting fitness of those who send in “Froot By the Foot” as a healthy snack for their kids.

9. Single-handedly transform 62 empty coffee cans into authentic musical expression instruments (that would be drums to you and me) for Native American Day Feast.

10. Single-handedly consume the contents of said cans of coffee in order to pull an all-nighter on my assignment.

I know, I know. It does go too fast, and with it, all those delicious hugs and kisses. But hey, that’s why God invented dogs. In the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving!

PS: So what things are you thankful you’ve seen/will see the last of? I'd love to hear about them!

Comments

I loved your trip down memory lane. I fondly reacall the endless, boring PTA and school committee meetings, that rivaled my college sorority meetings as marathon sessions of opinionated discourse. Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm thankful I've changed my last diaper!!!!! Now I'm looking forward to all day kindergarden. Our boys use to be cute and cuddly, now they talk back and try to kill each other. The joys of motherhood...no more diapers WOO! HOO! Happy Holidays

I'm thankful that I no longer have to be involved in those horrible mandatory middle school "Science Fairs": having to wildly seek for and then pay an outrageous price for the very last clean tri-fold board within a five mile radius of my town because "someone" forgot to mention that he needed it ASAP, helping that "someone" to find an unusual experiment to impress his science teacher and maybe even win first prize in the Science Fair (and/or get a boost in his science grade as well), settling finally on that standard all-time favorite one, "growing the bean plants under different colored lights" because all of the other projects were way too complicated for his two college-educated parents to figure out, one who has a B.S. in Engineering. And finally, not even getting an Honorable Mention on OUR project, which also meant no grade boost in sight for that very special "someone".

Yep, we're all very thankful and grateful that we have seen the last of the tri-board and Science Fair.

Happy Thanksgiving!

yes, elementary days are finally gone, I loved the comment about the PTA meetings that are a lot like sorority events. Which is similar to what's going on now w/ my kids...private sport teams, I feel like I have to perform some kind of sick favor for playing time! And the moms...just as annoying and snobby. My freshman in college just attended a dress up party where the girls went as soccer moms and the guys were the coaches. She said it was a riot.

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