So, this morning it was Monday and we started our morning off pretty well. I had Hayden and Gracie's clothes laid out and ready to put on. We let Colton sleep until the last minute and then he gets dressed. He eats his breakfast and drinks his milk in the car. Hayden and Gracie got their breakfast and ate at the table while fighting over who spilled the milk. It is nice that they are old enough now to fix what the want even if they do make a terrible mess. Then they get dressed. Don't get me wrong, they really like to take their time so I am always on repeat mode "Come on or you're going to be late". Hayden has PE on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays so she always wears tennis shoes. Evidently they cannot participate unless they have tennis shoes. Apparently this is a big deal to the whole class too. Don't ask me why because I really don't know but it is a REALLY BIG DEAL.
Well, I told Hayden this morning to wear her tennis shoes and she told me that she was going to wear her new black boots and take her tennis shoes with her. I told her that was fine with me but don't forget to put them in your book bag. Well, guess what???? We were half way to school and she starts panicking because she forgot her tennis shoes. I told her that it would just have to be ok because I couldn't turn around and go back because they would be late. She said "we just need to go back and get them or I am going to be in big trouble. " I told her that she would just have to miss PE and she started crying and I mean really crying. She was so upset. She was trying to convince me that the PE teacher was going to yell at her and that her whole class would be mad and in trouble. I am thinking to myself....yeah right! As a child I always tried to get out of PE! However, she continued to get herself all worked up over tennis shoes and so I told her that she really needed to be focused on her spelling test that she had to take first thing instead. I also told her that I would fix the tennis shoe problem.
As a Mommy you are always there for your babies even when it is just about tennis shoes! I told her to get calmed down and stop worrying I would fix it all. When she got out of the car she turned to me and asked me one more time if I was going to take care of the tennis shoes. I assured her that I would and that I loved her to the moon and back. She got out of the car all red faced and upset and walked into school still worrying about those tennis shoes. As I pulled off I knew all the teachers were asking her what was wrong, but I knew that I was going to make her day when I fixed the problem. I drove straight to Wal-Mart and bought her a fancy pair of $9 shoes and took them back to the school for her to wear to PE. I walked into her classroom and Mrs. Moss told me that I was the best Mommy in the world. Evidently she had still been upset and worrying about those tennis shoes. She got out of desk all smiles, took the shoes and gave me a big hug and kiss. Then she told me that she loved me. And that is what Mommy's do for their babies. It was something so simple and silly to me but it was very important to her. She really loves PE and she doesn't ever want anyone to mad at her. I hope that her class was grateful that she didn't get them in trouble today and I am even more glad that the PE teacher didn't have to yell at her. I highly doubt the PE teacher ever really yells at kids but then again I don't know.
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