We don't get snow around here, just rain and chilly weather, but I'll take a stab at the underdressed kids thing.
1. First snow/rain/cold day of the year! AUGH! Where's your jacket/raincoat/boots/mittens/hat from last year? Does it even fit? Why haven't we gotten all of this stuff out of the closet and tried it on ahead of time instead of running around looking for it three minutes before the bus gets here? Been there, done that, wrote the book.
2. Blame the dad. :) On Tuesday, I picked Kate up after school, and I was freezing, and she was wearing culottes and a t-shirt. (It was in the upper 50s/low 60s with a breeze, but it must have been colder that morning when she got dropped off.) "Aren't you freezing? Where's your jacket? I can't believe you went to school in that!" "I forgot my jacket. Dad said you'd be at school for the PTC meeting and you could bring it to me." Augh.
3. Hat, mittens, scarf, jacket, snow pants, boots - that's like 8 more things they could possibly take off and lose at school! :) Last year, Kate lost her new coat in November, and I was digging through lost and found on almost a weekly basis looking for it. You would not believe what kids lose. I was surprised to find someone's pants (the school is 4th-6th grade, so you'd think kids would be more resposible). How the heck do you lose your pants at school? Then I found Kate's pajama top. You just know there's some mom digging through that pile thinking, "How can you lose your pajamas at school? What kind of mother would let her kid wear pajamas at school?" I also found her grey hoody ("I didn't even know you lost this!" "I forgot to tell you..."). And when I picked her up today, she was cold, and missing her 18-day old leopard-print hoody. "I think I left it in band." Josh keeps forgetting his jacket everywhere, but he has one odd-looking jacket with a bright yellow stripe across the back that is distictive enough that classmates and friends keep fishing it out of lost and found or drag it back in from the playground for him on a regular basis. Also. The only thing worse than leaving your winter coat on the bus on the last day before Winter Break? Leaving your lunch box. Ewwww.
Okay. None of these are *good* reasons for sending your kid to school underdressed. But, some days, I get to be That Mom. :)
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Date: 2008-12-05 05:19 am (UTC)1. First snow/rain/cold day of the year! AUGH! Where's your jacket/raincoat/boots/mittens/hat from last year? Does it even fit? Why haven't we gotten all of this stuff out of the closet and tried it on ahead of time instead of running around looking for it three minutes before the bus gets here? Been there, done that, wrote the book.
2. Blame the dad. :) On Tuesday, I picked Kate up after school, and I was freezing, and she was wearing culottes and a t-shirt. (It was in the upper 50s/low 60s with a breeze, but it must have been colder that morning when she got dropped off.) "Aren't you freezing? Where's your jacket? I can't believe you went to school in that!" "I forgot my jacket. Dad said you'd be at school for the PTC meeting and you could bring it to me." Augh.
3. Hat, mittens, scarf, jacket, snow pants, boots - that's like 8 more things they could possibly take off and lose at school! :) Last year, Kate lost her new coat in November, and I was digging through lost and found on almost a weekly basis looking for it. You would not believe what kids lose. I was surprised to find someone's pants (the school is 4th-6th grade, so you'd think kids would be more resposible). How the heck do you lose your pants at school? Then I found Kate's pajama top. You just know there's some mom digging through that pile thinking, "How can you lose your pajamas at school? What kind of mother would let her kid wear pajamas at school?" I also found her grey hoody ("I didn't even know you lost this!" "I forgot to tell you..."). And when I picked her up today, she was cold, and missing her 18-day old leopard-print hoody. "I think I left it in band." Josh keeps forgetting his jacket everywhere, but he has one odd-looking jacket with a bright yellow stripe across the back that is distictive enough that classmates and friends keep fishing it out of lost and found or drag it back in from the playground for him on a regular basis. Also. The only thing worse than leaving your winter coat on the bus on the last day before Winter Break? Leaving your lunch box. Ewwww.
Okay. None of these are *good* reasons for sending your kid to school underdressed. But, some days, I get to be That Mom. :)