I Went Back to School
Well, not really. But Hubby and I did spend a substantial portion of the school day with Pumpkin on Friday. Her reading group just finished a poetry unit, and they had a poetry reading. Immediately following that was the awards ceremony for her grade. And, conveniently, right after that was over with, she had lunch.
I went to eat lunch with her once this year, but she was dying for her daddy to come and eat with her, too. So I talked him into coming along for the whole shebang. He had to go to the doctor for blood work that morning, so I went with him for that and we killed time until it was time for the poetry reading. I even conned him into trying a new restaurant for breakfast.
The poetry reading was fun. The teacher instructed the kids to break up into groups and read to pairs or small groups of parents. Of course Pumpkin made a beeline for us, and her best friend tagged along since her parents couldn’t make it. Another girl whose parents weren’t there also read to us.
After they read some of their poems, it was time for cookies and lemonade. As soon as they told our group to serve ourselves, Pumpkin’s best friend and the other girl each grabbed one of Hubby’s hands and led him to the snack table. I wasn’t surprised, because Hubby just has this magnetic quality about him when it comes to kids (and to females of all ages). Since he was out of hands, Pumpkin took my hand. Amazingly, little miss Daddy’s Girl didn’t seem the least bit disappointed.
Well, we finished our snacks and poetry, and moved on to the awards. Pumpkin was nearly in tears by the time it was over, because she only got one award. But we got her cheered up pretty quickly by telling her that as long as she does her best, we will always be proud of her. By the time lunch rolled around, she was a happy camper again.
Another one of her friends sat with us at lunch, and she took up with Hubby as well. She even suckered him into buying her and Pumpkin an extra order of chicken rings to share. I was kind of sad when it was time to leave, because we were all having such a nice time.
Pumpkin wanted us to take her home after lunch, but since she still had a couple of hours of school left, we declined. Fortunately, she got over it pretty quickly. I guess she was still floating on the cloud of having both of her parents at school with her. Isn’t it sweet how kids enjoy that so much? I guess I’d better enjoy it while I can. It won’t be long until she reaches that stage where she doesn’t want to be seen with us.
