"What's wrong?" I am just sure that she caught this bug that has been going around. She looked fine this morning!

"Um Momma - remember that bag of animal crackers we were supposed to bring into school? That was for today, so could you possibly still bring those in?"

Neglectful mother thoughts plague me as I stammer and say, "Sure honey - I'll bring them in as soon as possible!" I hang up and wonder why she needs those cookies today yet. Weren't they for the Valentine's Party on Monday??? I grab the pink paper from the counter...the one I hadn't fully read yet. It stated that they were having the party today - the Friday before Valentine's Day! "Well how stupid is that?" I thought to myself. Then reality hit me. My sweet thing was at school with no animal crackers and no valentines to share! I bet she was feeling pretty blue about now, but have no fear! Super Mommy to the rescue!

In a dash, I kicked into action. I was in scruffy old sweats and sported straggly hair which I quickly ran a brush through. I looked quite a site, but I decided looks weren't as important as my little girl and I had no idea when this party was starting. I drove to the shopping center and went to one store and bought 24 real cool purple pencils and 24 pretty name tags. Then I ran across the parking lot, bought 2 bags of animal crackers. Buy one get one free - my lucky day! I grabbed 24 nice size Hershey Bars and was back in the car in a flash. I sat there and signed my daughter's name with love 24 times and systematically used the stickers to attach the pencil to the candy bars.

I arrived at the school office a short time later looking quite frazzled, but pleased with myself that I had pulled it all together in a little less than an hour. I am hoping at this point that I can have my daughter paged and I can get out of the school without having to see too many people! Of course, that was not in the cards. My daughter's new teacher was there when I walked in saying, "Are you Juliana's mom? You look just like her and then I saw you had the animal crackers!" I was busted! No quiet getaway! I meet the new teacher in my scruff mode and pass off the goodies sheepishly!;)

I'm pooped, feeling a little stupid, and cold, but it will be worth it all when I see Juliana's face this afternoon. Next time, I will read the paper!