My Protector is scoring some major brownie points with the girls of the house this week.
Beauty in particular is impressed.
Her Daddy went today and volunteered at the school for the skating activity. He went and tied up all the skates of her class. She was pleased as punch that’s for sure.
This both heightened by own guilt complex about never volunteering and made me so proud of my husband both at the same time.
Every year without fail Beauty turns to me one winter weekend and asks me the dreaded question:
“Mommy can you come and volunteer at the school and tie up skates for my class please?”
“Umm..What date does that fall on sweetie?” ( look in blackberry-can’t fall anywhere Mon-Friday 6am-10pm any week of the year)
“Well you have these 6 Fridays to choose from-it’s from 10:15 to 11:15am”
“Sorry Sweetie I can’t-I am at work”
Beauty slumps in her chair, hurt and distressed and I go back and forth between feeling like I should win an award for worst mom of the year and shame and anger and so to “fix” it all I usually end up blurting out and regretting it later:
“Sweetie-I think the stay at home Mommies should go and tie up the skates-they have lots more time for stuff like this-maybe you and I can go to dinner and a movie one night soon together?”
“No Mommy lots of the working Moms come too. Stay at home Moms work too you know. You need to come. Tell your boss please”
Crap!!!!! Even if I had one moment of time to volunteer at the school will I choose to tie up skates of smelly footed children?? No way!!!! This almost beats scrubbing old toys at a smelly old daycare at community partnership day at work! (yes I realize I can use some help in the volentering spirit department ok???)
“Is this really, really important to you sweet girl?”
“Yes Mommy it is”
“Oh..ok then. Daddy will go”
And Daddy does!!!!! Yay Dadddy!!!!! You saved the day. And your girls love you!
