Have I told you about the trend at Abby's preschool to have these ridiculous play dates with all the girls in the class? It ends up being 5 girls since Audrey never comes to them, and we now have "New" Kate who come over and trash your house then go home. I was the hostess of the last one, and we all kind of rotate and have these about every other week.
Now I am kind of odd man out among the moms. Jackie's mom and I get along, but I think that when given the choice she would rather hang with Annie's mom. I don't really know either of the Kate's' moms really well, but they live in "Scarsdale" which is where Annie lives so they are all friends.
Anyway, today I go to pick up Abby and I run into Annie's mom. We chatted, I asked her how #4 is cooking, she asked how Nora was feeling, blah, blah, blah. The doors open and kids start coming out. I got Abby suited up to walk home, and while i am telling her to put on her boots for the 11th time I notice that Annie's mom is getting all the other girls ready to go home. Once Abby was ready we started to walk out and Jackie says, "Hey Abby, aren't you coming to Annie's house with us?". At that Annie's mom refuses eye contact with me and tells Jackie that she is just taking everyone home. Jackie would not let it go and told her that her mom said that all the girls were going to Annie's house to play. Abby asked if she could go too, but I just rushed her out of there with no explanation.
What the hell?
Were we seriously excluded from a play date?
While we were walking home I tried to justify it- Nora has been sick, I work on Wednesdays, but those are lame. Nora is the one who is sick, not Abby, and Jackie lives 2 blocks from us and I am sure that her mom would drive Abby home. The worst part was having to explain it to Abby. I don't want to tell her it was because they were having an "alone" play date because it wasn't that. It was everyone except her. I don't want to tell her it was because I had to work because that is a reason for a lot of other things she doesn't get to do thus she resents it already. All I could do was tell her that it was what the other mommies decided and that they didn't ask me. then I gave her chocolate covered rice krispie treats as a snack. Now we are going to play every game she feels like and tear apart he basement that I worked really hard to clean while she was at school.
What the hell?
When did preschool become high school?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Wow. That makes me mad! How could they leave out just one person? Especially at that age It sounds like your daughter had a better time at home with you anyway, though!
That totally sucks! Although the chocolate rice crispies sound AWESOME... = )
Post a Comment