Geez Amiée. That sounds like a horrible start to the day. And manditory valentines day cards? At a daycare? It's bad enough in grade school.
All I know is when I was in grade school and got cards that were obviously given to be for everyone, it diminished their importance in my wee little mind.
I recall one year when everyone was forced to bring enough valentines cards for everyone else. Not only did I get fewer than those around me, I also didn't get the quantity of sticks of gum that the "real" friends got. It was sort of a way for the kids to point out who was *really* their friends.
However, I did get some gum that year, so I wasn't too put out.
I think that was 2nd grade. Much of second grade is a blur to me. We had a pretty teacher, I recall.
Aimee, what a hellacious start to a day. My sympathies.
exceptionally bloody mob hit on Valentine's involving some of Capone's guys in Chicago
The night Chicago died...nahnahnahnahnahNahnah.
t /jack black
They wouldn't ostracize, but then you run into the whole, "What if they just don't give her any? And then she has no Valentine's. And then, when she's 30, and she blames me for her horrible love life cause I didn't buy her Valentine's for her party at school that one year and oh my gawd, she's getting divorced AGAIN and needs to move into our house and we have to let her cause it's all my fault she has bad relationships because of that stupid party where she didn't get any Valentine's WHEN SHE WAS ONE!"
It's possible I'm overthinking this.
It's possible I'm overthinking this.
I think you are. That's the sort of thing that happens when you forget a snack.
Lucy's old dog school (The Canine Academy of Atlanta - no, really) used to send her home with a little bag of valentines and dog bones on V Day.
The problem is, if you crap out on this stuff the kids suffer. They don't know that the teachers couldn't plan their way out of a paper bag, and they like to have a party, and are too young to care about who gets the most valentines. Of course, they're too young to know about valentines, so we could skip the whole thing as far as I'm concerned.
I will note that we got 32 Winnie the Pooh valentines for $1.99. Best deal around.
We had no demands for cards, but we're in the infant room.
However, we have a cute daycare story. I apologize, but I must share.
Lillian, like most babies, hates it when we wipe, suction, or otherwise mess with her nose (she's okay with nose touching so long as it is gentle and clearly recreational in nature--it's just desnotting and washing she dislikes).
Yesterday, one of the other little girls in her class was getting her runny nose cleaned up and was making a fuss about it. Lillian was sitting next to her, made a note of this, and proceeded to stick her hand in front of the other baby's nose to protect it from the attack of the snot sucker.
It's possible I'm overthinking this.
Ummmmmm. [insert not-a-mom disclaimer]
Seriously, if this is a habit with people's daycares, maybe some parents could team up to boycott these things until the workers discover the nifty new combination called calendars and forethought.
Or I could be projecting my frustration over certain PhD coworkers who still can't figure calendars out.
That's the sort of thing that happens when you forget a snack.
::bangs head::
We got our Harry Potter Valentine's for $1.08.
