On Monday and Tuesday of this week I had to work late due to parent/teacher conferences. I made it home in time to see the boys heading for bed. This usually means there is a lot of information that they JUST HAVE TO SAY to me before they hit the sack.
Last night Lucas gets as close as possible and whispers..."Mom. You and Dad are both coming right?" Ok after a 13 hour day my mom abilities to fill in the missing information was not up to standards, so I said, "Going to where?" With a heavy, put upon sigh he said, "You know you have to do the parent thingy." Huh? Thingy? He then proceeds to enlighten me on the schedule for Eli and his conferences. If you would come to our house you would see the conference schedules boldly displayed on the frig....we don't forget these easily.
After assuring him that yes we were going. Then came the question of: "Are you both going?" Answering yes again and asking if there was something special he wanted us to cover with his teacher his response was, "No. Just checking. You know it's your job to talk to my teacher, that's why it's parent/teacher conferences. Just checking to make sure you know."
Yes dear, after having children for the past 27 years and 22 of those having children in school, I do know my responsibilities for conferences. And by the way it's not a job it's called parenting. :)
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