True Confessions: Embarrassing Mom Moment Number….Oh, Pick a Number

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Back to School

Back to School LunchesThis is the first year since my 14-year old was in preschool that I have not been a Class Mom. I’m not complaining, I’m not bragging, I’m just stating a fact. Sometimes I’ve offered; my kids used to ask me to volunteer for this role all the time. Now I think my 14 year old would rather eat his own shoe rather than have me waltz into his classroom and start pinning up Thanksgiving decorations.

Sometimes I was drafted; I would get a frantic call from the division rep saying, “NO ONE wants to do it this year, PLEASE would you do it?” And I would say yes. Really, it’s not so much work, and the older the kids get the more interesting — and rare — it is to get a glimpse into their school worlds.

So, last year at this time I was asked to be Jack’s Class Mom. After all these years, I know what to do, so after school got underway I fired off a cheery missive to the teacher, introducing myself and asking questions like, “Do you want help with a Halloween party? Do you need chaperones for field trips? Do you know what time the family holiday breakfast is scheduled for?”

Mummy Cupcakes from Katie Workman / themom100.com

The teacher wrote back saying, “thank so much, I think we’re under control for now.” And then I realized. I HAD WRITTEN TO CHARLIE’S TEACHER, AND I WASN’T CHARLIE’S CLASS MOM. So essentially the teacher was thinking, “Wow, what a freaking control freak, type A crackpot Charlie’s mom is.”

I immediately wrote back a self-flagellating email explaining that I had confused the classes, and that I wasn’t an overbearing nut job, and if memory serves we had a good laugh. I can’t recall anything other than the sound of the blood rushing to my head.

So, this year, other than being co-chair of the teacher appreciation committee for the 129th year (which I love, and keep hoping I will get to do forever….), I’m off the hook for class mom. I’ll miss it a little bit, but I won’t miss reminding the other parents to send in their permission slips….and I sure hope someone reminds me.

About Katie Workman

Katie Workman is a cook, a writer, a mother of two, an activist in hunger issues, and an enthusiastic advocate for family meals, which is the inspiration behind her two beloved cookbooks, Dinner Solved! and The Mom 100 Cookbook.

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