Tuesday June 16, 2009

Best Part of the Day-
Scarlet's last day of 4 year-old kindergarten was today!!! We had a special celebration planned...Will-O and I met her at school and picked her up (in lieu of bus riding). We went to our fave vegetarian restaurant on the east side and had an alfresco family celebration/dining experience.
So fun! So proud of her!!!

Worst Part of the Day-
Alright, I dropped the ball...
Our plan was to meet Scarlet at her school for her pick-up at 2:10 when they all line up to exit. I had thank you cards/gifts for all of her teachers, so I thought it would work out nicely that we could pick up our sweetie and then she could quickly deliver the cards/gifts herself and then to our family celebration we could go.
I arrived at 2:07 and knowing that I was pushing it, I asked Will-O st stay with Liam in the car and I ran in to meet her before they all lined up, etc. We I got to her room at promptly 2:10, the room was dark and locked. What the??
I ran to the gym and couldn't find her...her teacher saw me and looked upset and said, "Oh you are here...we didn't have a note about parent pick up, so we sent Scarlet to her bus. She was very upset, but we didn't have a note." I ran to the cafeteria to see if she had boarded the bus yet (peeps,they were to leave for the bus between 2:15-2:20. I could not see her in the madness of the cafeteria. I ran out to the office. The main office secretary saw me and said, "Oh my goodness, we called you but you didn't answer (phone in car with Will-O) so we put her on the bus. We didn't have a note." I ran out to the busses and then back to the cafeteria. Then I saw my sweet Scarlet. She was sitting on a bench, looking down and crying. (omg.) I ran to her and she sobbed, "You didn't send a note!!" As we walked out, we saw her teachers and they came up to us and said, "Sorry we didn't believe you, Scarlet." (omg--she was so upset/betrayed/confused.) She knew we were planning this celebration and then she wasn't allowed to do what we had planned all because I didn't send a darn note. And cause they obviously lined up 3 minutes earlier than normal...I felt AWFUL to put a serious damper on her last day of kindey.