Today actually started several weeks ago with a phone call. It went something like.....
Hello?
Hi Julia. How bad do you not want to be an art mom for school?
I really don't want to be an art mom.
Ok, great. Which class do you want to be in?
I really don't want to be an art mom.
Good, I will put you in the 6th grade. I will get you the lesson plans and then you can coordinate a time to get with the teacher. Thanks so much.
End of conversation. I stood there thinking, "didn't I just say I don't want to be an art mom?" So I guess I am an art mom and after much dragging of my feet I scheduled with the teacher and went in and did my first lesson today. I almost hate to admit it was actually fun. I have an awesome person who has volunteered (by choice) to help me and the class is a great group of kids. They wanted to stay and do art instead of go to p.e. I think that is quite a compliment coming from a 6th grader. The best part of the whole thing was seeing my 6th grader happy to see me there. I even managed to get through the whole hour with out embarassing her. So after much agonizing I realized it is all about keeping them happy and knowing there are little things we can do for them so they will always remember mom loves them.
Hello?
Hi Julia. How bad do you not want to be an art mom for school?
I really don't want to be an art mom.
Ok, great. Which class do you want to be in?
I really don't want to be an art mom.
Good, I will put you in the 6th grade. I will get you the lesson plans and then you can coordinate a time to get with the teacher. Thanks so much.
End of conversation. I stood there thinking, "didn't I just say I don't want to be an art mom?" So I guess I am an art mom and after much dragging of my feet I scheduled with the teacher and went in and did my first lesson today. I almost hate to admit it was actually fun. I have an awesome person who has volunteered (by choice) to help me and the class is a great group of kids. They wanted to stay and do art instead of go to p.e. I think that is quite a compliment coming from a 6th grader. The best part of the whole thing was seeing my 6th grader happy to see me there. I even managed to get through the whole hour with out embarassing her. So after much agonizing I realized it is all about keeping them happy and knowing there are little things we can do for them so they will always remember mom loves them.
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