So Maya started Preschool yesterday and I was a slightly frazzled mom. I'm not the type of mommy who cries on the first day of school ,but then I'm also not the one preparing her, dropping her off, picking her up with her homework and her art projects or conversing with her teacher. These are daddy's jobs and this is what is making me frazzled.
I am the work full time mommy, and to be honest I am feeling a little left out. On Wednesday night before bed, I ran around the house collecting everything Maya was going to need for her first day. I laid out the outfit she was going to wear, packed her backpack and made sure it would be easy to find for Joel in the morning.
About 45 minutes before school started Joel called me at work. He still had his ( I'm clearly not awake yet) voice on. The conversation went something like this.
Joel: "Um....what am I supposed to do with this I love daddy shirt?"
Me: "That's the T shirt that goes under Maya's long sleeve shirt in case she gets hot while she's playing."
Joel: "Oh"
Me: "And her backpack is already packed with an extra set of clothes and the Hello Kitty she is taking for show and tell."
Joel: "Show and tell?"
Me: "Yeah, remember...Maya has show and tell every Thursday. You'll need to set it in the box on the counter when you go in."
Joel: " Oh yeah, the Maya box that has all her artwork and stuff."
Me: " No...that's the folder that will be filed outside the door with stuff that needs to be picked up everyday when you leave. It will have her homework"
Joel: "Her Homework?"
This is the part of the conversation where I wish Joel had been paying more attention to the teachers speech at orientation, rather than giggling and periodically whispering things such as ......
Joel: " Hey" nudge...nudge "check out the ten commandments. Can you read number ten? What does that word mean?"
Me: Heavy sigh....
Joel: "Hey... what does Sabboth mean?"
Me: Incredulous stare...
Joel: Looking over the class calendar " Oh cool, there's a fieldtrip! I am definantly going to that one!"
Me: Jealous groan.... " I think we should go to the welcome back barbecue on Saturday."
Joel: "Hmmm.... I don't know, It's a dollar fifty per person."
Me: Eye roll, cough into my hand
Joel: " Oh look, free cookies!"
When I went home for lunch yesterday afternoon, Maya came running around the corner with a big smile on her face. "Hey baby girl! Did you have fun at school today?" "MmmmHmmmm" " Oh good, I knew you would have a great time. Where's da....? and then I spotted him.
Sound asleep on the couch.
I guess mommy wasn't the only one who was a little frazzled.
