The first time is the hardest

I won't mince words here: I forgot to pick up my daughter from school today.

The caregiver who picks her up every day has been reminding me for a week that she will be unable to pick up the little girl due to a prior commitment. Each time I assured her that it's not a problem; between me, my husband, and my parents, someone will fetch her.

The problem was that the task of communicating that need to someone - anyone! - literally, 100% slipped. my. mind.

Until my cell phone rang at 12:41 pm today and the teacher calmly told me that Yael is still at school, and are there plans for her to be picked up or should she nap at school?

I was so mortified I almost fell over.

Fortunately my mom was available and swooped in to pick her up. I called the teacher back and with all of her experience she could tell I was about to lose it on the phone. She tried to calm me down. I called my husband and told him I get the "worst mommy of the day" award, and he tried to calm me down. My mom called from the car with said daughter in tow, and she tried to calm me down.

I need a drink...did I say that out loud? I didn't articulate what type of drink...

Box Tops for Education

I am my daughter's school's Box Tops for Education co-chairwoman, and I am taking this job seriously. Box Tops are those itty bitty coupons that appear on certain (mostly) food products that schools send in for cold, hard cash. Each Box Top is worth ten cents. This money is then used for fun stuff like special programs and things and I want my school to reach its goal of $500 this academic year!

If you aren't already collecting Box Tops for another kid, I invite you to collect them and send them to me!!

If you register online and select our preschool (UOS Goldberg Montessori School in the 77096 zip code), we get 5 bonus Box Tops. Just go here.

To see a list of participating products, click here.

Last week I sent in our first submission and it was for $64. Not bad! Way to go UOS!

If you need my address, let me know.