hurry, hurry, hurry

by teresa
This morning has been a frenzy! The kids and I were lounging around (Ben decided he wanted to sleep in and be taken to school). When Lauren said...all matter of fact......hey Nick, isn't your fieldtrip today. Don't you have to be there at 7:00am (it was already 7:15)? He came running upstairs screaming. Mooooom.....my fieldtrip! Oh Pooh! I had forgotten! So we all went into hyper speed. He brushed his teeth...hair...and destinkafied (deodorant). I picked out his clothes and dressed him (seriously...I dressed him like a toddler. Put your foot in Nick...pull up your underwear...stick your head in the hole...etc.) Lauren made his lunch (they had to take a bag lunch). She was yelling to us upstairs...Nick, do you like mustard? Do you want a purple or blue drink? We don't have any brown bags left...so I'll just stick it in a grocery bag (poor kid). Lauren and him jumped in the car and sped off. She was already dressed, so she took him (except for she had no shoes or socks on...she looked totally redneck getting into the car like that :). She said that when they got there other people still arriving...and that the rental buses were all still there. Thank you Jesus! His class is going to Petersburg for some war museum or something. Anyway...if we had missed this he would have punished me by having a lousy attitude for a week!