little valentines

I left school yesterday as soon as the bell rang so Everdeen and I could spend the afternoon preparing her little Valentines for her friends at daycare. She peeled, I chopped, and we put the colorful pieces of crayons into a silicone tray.  I popped them into the oven at 230 degrees for about 20 minutes and Voila! The perfect little Valentine gift for her two year old friends.  I was pretty much feeling like mom of the year as I cut and wrote out the messages on each of the cards.  Then when I went to pick up Everdeen from school today I noticed that all of the kids' Valentine bags were filled to the brim...um wait what!?  Yeah I was that parent. I've been on the other end of this moment so many times...kids with a panicked look in their eyes. "Mrs. Wolfe! I forgot my Valentines!" 

I sheepishly asked her teachers if I could still bring her Valentine's tomorrow and they sympathetically looked at me and said, "Of course! Another parent forgot too!"  Good, at least I'm not the only one. Sigh...someday I'll get this motherhood thing down.