Winter Parties at School

Well, this year I experienced the other side of holiday parties at school - the homeroom mom side...Yikes! The first thing that was interesting was that the other kindergarten moms decided on a pine cone craft. That meant that I had to go gather 30 pine cones that would be "suitable" to use for a craft. That was awesome. 2 afternoon searches and 4 splinters later, I had all 30...Then, I had to get all the other parents to sign up to bring other various items for the party. All the craft supplies were pretty specific, and I didn't trust them to get the right sizes of things, so I got all that stuff on my own. I prepped 30 tiny little baggies of craft supplies earlier in the week to eliminate some of the party day chaos. The day of the party, Lani came over to babysit for Brooke because younger siblings aren't allowed to come. I took the girls to school, and stayed for the party set up. It was cold and rainy, which made it extra difficult to bring all the supplies in. I got to the room, and nobody was there to help me set up. The room next door had 5 moms helping. I was kind of irritated, then as I listened to the 5 moms next door hem and haw about how they should be setting up and what they should do, I was glad it was just me doing what I wanted to do. The kids came in, and it was so much fun! All the parents were very helpful in handing out the supplies, and helping the kids with the crafts. It went very smoothly, and I was really happy that nothing went super wrong. The only big bummer was that Adilyn's party was at the same exact time, so all I could do was run over and give her a quick hug and kiss. She was okay with it, and she had fun with her friend, Audrey. Overall it was a successful party, and a very short day for the girls at school! The homeroom mom thing isn't my favorite, but it was fun to see the kids come in and have fun knowing that I put in a fair amount of work for it to run that smoothly. I had a few pictures on my phone, but they got deleted. So sad!