the dreaded school run!

Why is it that kids choose the most inappropriate moments to do things or want things? You can guarantee that just as I am opening the door for us all to leave for school, someone needs something very important right now. Maybe a book, a toy, a picture, but almost always the response “We’re just on our way to school now darling, could we look for it later” will never do. So the frantic hunt round the house begins, I am praying the said item will be in the place I thought it was otherwise I don’t stand a chance of being at the school gates on time. Having found said item, you can be assured that another child, on seeing item that was fetched for one child, will suddenly realise that they need a similar item too. I have learnt to pre-empt this to a certain extent, if I am on a hunt for Poppy (Georgia’s talking doll) I will also try to locate Sam too (Hannah’s talking doll) as you do end up learning from experience.

Also, this morning, I thought I had everyone ready, all had their shoes on, their jumpers on, Abbie’s lunch and school bag are on the pram, great, I am making good time this morning, we shouldn’t be late, I am opening the door calling “Come on then, let’s go!” when I realise that both Hannah and Georgia have taken their trainers off and don’t know where they’ve put them. I charge round the house shouting “Has ANYONE seen their trainers?” It is at this point that Abbie pulls a note out of her bag stating that she needs to take a princess costume and junk model boxes into school today. At this point I am in a state of mild panic, frantically grabbing the bag of cereal out of the box and throwing the box into a bag, followed by the teabag box (I’ll sort the teabags out later) and instructing Abbie to run upstairs to the dressing up box. The secret here, is always aim to leave for school earlier than you actually have to, some days this will mean that you end up being early (not a problem) but it will give you the few precious minutes you need on days like today! To top the school run off this morning, Millie, Hannah and Georgia all have a tantrum when I say that we are NOT taking three balls with us to school!!