I was excited — but had no idea what I was getting into.
this year, however, was her brother's, and knowing that I'd already agreed to volunteer for his sister's next field trip, I figured I'd do the same for him. His teacher emailed me a few days later to say"congratulations." I, along with nine other kindergarten moms, had been chosen to accompany almost 50 5-year-olds to a local pumpkin farm. I emailed her back to say"thanks," the reality of what I'd done not truly sinking in.
The teacher handed us each a list of children we'd be responsible for keeping track of. Everyone else was assigned five kids, and I was only given four. Things were looking good."That last one is," she murmured to me."Feel free to ask for help if you need it." OK, so maybe not so good. Ten minutes later, sitting on the bus between my son and the problem child, who was switching back and forth between complaining that he was being squished and announcing that he sometimes threw up in cars, the gravity of my situation hit me. It was 9 a.m., we still had two-and-a-half hours to go, and I was officially screwed.
We got off the bus, and our classroom was directed to a large field dotted with various play structures and games and told we'd be spending the next 20 or so minutes playing there. Before I could make a meeting spot for my group, I watched four 5-year-old boys run in opposite directions."So I guess this is a free-for-all," said the mom next to me, her eyes glazed over in a mix of horror and acceptance. I nodded in solidarity and set off to attempt to gather my troops.
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