I’ll just put this out there, this is one of the days that I dread the most… It is always hot, it always takes way too long, and my kiddos are always really grumpy at the end of it, and honestly so am I…

I had the added grumpiness factor that I had already received several emails about fundraisers, and read too many articles about taxes going up, and mills going up, so yeah, I went to enrollment already not a happy camper.

There we were on a very hot day in August, and I had all 3 kiddos in tow. I decided that this year we were going to speed through enrollment. This is my third year at it, so I know which tables to skip, and I know how to answer questions quickly… I got the paperwork done, skipped the “fundraiser table” and the sports, headed straight for the buses, told them we didn’t qualify, they still checked, and yep we still don’t qualify. One more table to breeze by, and then it was on to the Attendance Center tables.

So Thade didn’t get the teacher that I had hoped for, he didn’t get in a class with his best buddy, they aren’t improving pick-up at school either, they did tell me a total, and I wrote the check and we were out of there.

I did it in 30 minutes, a new record. I was kinda in a bad mood, so I decided to take the kiddos out for a bit.

Their favorite park was only a few blocks away.

Those little faces always make me cheerier.

We were in luck too, we had the park all to ourselves.

Agnes could run around like a crazy-woman.

My hubby was extra sweet too and picked us up lunch since he knew I was pretty grumpy about the whole enrollment thing, he is awesome like that.  Enrollment was a bummer, but getting to spend a super-rad morning with the kiddos is always awesome.