1. Carry Jemma into the school on your hip. Try to cram snowpants, hat, mittens, and all applicable projects and papers into Annie's bag before she comes out of her classroom.
2. Get Annie's coat on, change her crocs to boots, and herd her towards the door, all the while pulling Jemma back from her mission to crawl down the length of the hallway amidst the other parents and kids.
3. Hold Annie's arm firmly when she does the "whole body goes limp" thing in protest while you try to walk to the car. Smile serenely at Annie's preschool teacher who is also exiting the building.
4. When you get to the car, open Annie's door so she can climb up into her carseat.
5. Go around to the other side of the car, open that door, and strap in Jemma while she does the "whole body goes rigid" thing in protest.
6. Talk to Connie for a minute as she pulls her car next to yours.
7. Get in your driver's door, close it, and start your car, relieved to finally be leaving school.
8. Notice that Connie is still looking at you (strangely) instead of pulling away; also, notice that Annie is yelling something you haven't really comprehended from the back seat.
9. Figure out that this is because you never went back around to strap Annie into her seat, nor did you close her car door.
This, sadly, is what I did at school today. Also, last Monday. Just call me Britney . . . . I have totally lost it.
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If it makes you feel any better, I left Tommy's stroller in the parking lot last week, only to have it thrown 20 feet by a large wind gust...and a random Dad had to yell to me while I was getting ready to drive away.
Well, I forgot Oliver's lunch two days in a row... :)
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