Well, I had a HUGE ol' mom mess-up today...well in the life of a 5 -year-old it is a HU-MONGO one. I failed Drew by not realizing today was a Show-and-Tell day. UGH!! I didn't read the newsletter correctly that they sent home last week, and didn't understand that EVERY Monday his class has Show-and-Tell. I thought that the only S-&-T they had was when they brought in their SPA (Student-Parent Activity) once a month. Which means Drew was one of only 3 in his class to not have something to show off today. :( I knew something was up when he walked to the van with his head hanging down and a sad look on his face. The teacher (a sub for the day) said it was a good day, I was confused. It didn't take me long to find out what Drew was upset about. "Mommy you forgot my show-and-tell today!" After getting over the initial surprise and him telling me how everyone else (later I found out 2 others didn't have their either) had theirs, I felt horrible...my heart fell to my stomach. I asked how he had handled it, and he said he was sad but didn't throw a fit about it. HUGE for him!!! NO meltdown!! I began apologizing and did so the whole short drive home. When we arrived home I let him have a Little Debbie snack cake - telling him how proud I was on how he handled my mess-up and promised that I would do my very best to never forget again. I have lots of pictures of our weekend to share from this past weekend, but right now I am off to try and find some way to make this up to my little guy. :(
2 comments:
Oh Jen don't be so hard on yourself honey - you are a human Mommy..we screw up occasionally! He obviously dealt with it in a way that you can be so proud of him for though! See that light at the end of the tunnel? Well it's not an on coming train honestly!
WTG Drew for handling it so grown up. You didn't screw up really bad, just enough for your son to show you he's doing alright :) yeah he'll have bad days..but aren't the good ones somethin' else?
Hugs to you all.
me! xx
Way to hard on yourself, I agree! don't let him put a guilt trip on you. I have forgotten I don't know how many show and tell days, too many to count. Fortunately my son wasn't that concerned about it...
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