Of course the first day back to school from spring break was St. Patrick's Day. So in addition to having to get up by 6AM (which neither of us had done in a week even though I worked through spring break), remembering to pack lunch, remembering to pack naptime paraphernalia, remembering a coat, remembering princesses dolls that HAD to be taken to school, figuring out what color day it was at school so we knew what was going on, and getting out the door by 7:30, we had to remember to wear green. Thankfully, I had been reminded a day earlier because, as it turns out, Kendall did not have anything green in her closet that was "pretty enough for school." I had also completely spaced on the fact that it was Purim on Sunday and she was supposed to be in a costume for her gymnastics class. It didn't seem to bother her at all but I felt bad about it all day. Finally she told me to stop apologizing because "there's always next year." I'm going to let her wear a costume next week and plan to ask for forgiveness rather than permission.
Her green outfit was purchased the day before St. Patrick's Day. Said outfit was then rejected the morning of St. Patrick's Day and by some miracle, I won that battle and got her in it. Then I forgot to take a picture as we rushed out the door so her official St. Pat's Day picture is in the car.
I also had to bribe her for the above picture. This was my first attempt.
After work/school, I had to drop off some boxes at her friend Loraina's house. She happens to live right across the street from the school so I avoided the nightmare that is carpool on the first day back (it's like people forget the carpool rules whenever there is a day off and the normal 30 minutes sitting in the car doubles!). Finished off the day with an impromptu playdate at Loraina's house.
