Why me?

Today was kindergarten registration for Anna. She wasn't quite as excited as Ellie was, I guess because she's pretty familiar with the whole thing since she went everywhere with Ellie last year, but I hope she'll be excited by the time school starts. Anyway, registration didn't start until noon today and I needed to get a few things from the store (soy milk for "Big Owen"), so I was planning to leave around 11. I didn't think we'd be too long and Ogden had just gone to the bathroom, so I figured we were safe to leave him in underwear. I did pack a change of shorts and underwear just in case.

So, when I finally got almost all of the kids into the car I saw my neighbors outside. I went to tell one of them something and all of the kids got out of the car while we visited for quite some time. By the time I got all of the kids back in the car, it was almost noon. I decided we'd just go to one store and then head over to the kindergarten center.

The store went well, surprisingly, and we made it to the kindergarten center a little later than planned. I think I picked a bad time to show up, though. It was crazy. There were people everywhere. We had to go from line to line filling out papers, and then wait in a really long line for almost an hour just to find out who Anna's teacher is.

The kids were so patient and I kept asking Ogden if he needed to go to the bathroom. He kept telling me "no" until we got to be about the third people from the front of the line. I told him he'd have to wait because I wasn't going to wait in that line again. I decided it would be best if I just held him so he wouldn't be able to go to the bathroom, and it worked. We finally found out Anna's teacher and I ran Ogden to the bathroom. I made him try 3 times to go, but he kept saying he didn't have to, so we went to meet Anna's teacher.

When we got into the classroom, the kids all ran over to play in the little play area while I talked to the teacher. I was so worried about Ogden running over there, but I didn't want to walk away from the teacher while she was talking to me. Well, pretty soon Ogden came out telling me he needed to go to the bathroom, which he didn't, because he already had! I was so embarrassed. I had to ask the teacher if she had anything that I could use to clean up an accident on the carpet. I know she'll never forget us. This is another one of those reminders that my mother-in-law was right when she said, "Dogs and children always keep you humble."

By the time we got done changing Ogden and finishing up the whole registration, it was 2:30 and the kids hadn't had lunch yet. I was starving, so I can't imagine how they felt. What a mess of a day, and then the teacher that I had requested for Anna ended up getting a job in Pocatello. I hope the school year turns out better than the registration.