Feeling like Mom of the Year...

Ok, I have to share how great I feel today...

Normally on any other day if my kids ask me at the last minute for things I don't bend over backward to help them and if they forget a book or something at home when they leave for school they have to learn to be responsible, so I won't take it to them. This works well with how busy I am. Today was a different story though. Yesterday after school Makenna started packing her backpack for a big field trip they had today. She started bugging me for a camera. And since she accidentally gave her camera to the DI, I wasn't in a hurry to get one for her. I have this 35mm Canon Rebel that she wanted to take because it was the only one left in the house besides my digital rebel. So I told her I would think about it if she stopped pestering me about it. Well, she asks me this morning and I decided to let her take it. Well, we realized the battery was dead. Then, I remembered that Mason has a cheap 35mm camera in the toy box downstairs. So she got it and I loaded it with film. Hmmmm...Mason broke the lever that rewinds the film and the film would not quit advancing either. So that camera was not usable. So I thought maybe if I have time before she gets on the bus I will run to the store and get a new battery for the rebel. I told her to call me when she got to school and found out what time the buses were leaving. Then I remembered seeing a camera a few months ago in a box in my basement storage room. I got it out and tried it...Dead battery too. So I had to run to the store after all. When Carrie(my day care helper and cousin) got here I ran out the door. I pulled into the Walmart parking lot as Makenna was calling me at 9:15 am. She told me they were leaving in 5 minutes. I decided that I needed to let her know that the chances were not good for her getting this camera before they left. So I hung up and literally sprinted through Walmart to the back of the store where the camera department is. I grabbed a battery paid at the photo lab counter and had the guy cut the package open for me. Again I sprinted for the car and took off for Makenna's school. Her school, my house and Walmart are all within a 3 mile area. So I seriously pulled into the school parking lot as Makenna was about to step onto the bus. THE TIME...9:24am. Her friend behind her saw me and grabbed her to tell her I was there. She came running toward me with the hugest smile I have ever seen. I got a giant hug and an "I LOVE YOU MOM! YOU ARE THE BEST!" So that made me feel so much better than the heart attack I was about to have from running through Walmart in the terrible aerobic condition I am in. UGH! I thought I would die. But it really was worth making Makenna's day. I love you too Makenna!