Thanksgiving Party at School

Here are a couple of pictures from Chloe's Thanksgiving celebration at school. I feel like I would be remiss if I didn't share the entire story behind the pictures. So.......here goes. Just like every other Wednesday morning at the Kilgore house, Chloe headed off with Kevin to school. Claire and I had to be at her 2 month checkup mid-morning and then were going to meet Kevin and Chloe for lunch.

About 11:15, Kevin's phone rang in his office. The conversation went something like this........

Kevin: Hello

Preschool Director: Hey, were you planning to come to Chloe's Thanksgiving party?

Kevin: No

PD: Oh......okay. I just wanted to check since it started at 11!

Kevin: Alright, thanks.

After he hung up with the director, he kicked into "Daddy mode" and began to think that maybe one of Chloe's parents should be at her very first Thanksgiving party where she was all by herself because her parents hadn't shown up yet!!!! So, he headed downstairs, relieved that there was one other daddy and he wasn't the only man in a room full of mommies! After he got down there, his phone rang again.......this time the conversation went something like this.....

Kevin: Hello

Casey: Hey honey, I was just calling to let you know that I'm waiting on Claire's shots and then we will be leaving the doctor's office.

Kevin: I'm in Chloe's classroom.....did you know they have a Thanksgiving party today?

Casey: Ummm......I think I read it on the calendar. Was I supposed to be there?

Kevin: Yep.....we're all here (meaning he and the other parents).

Casey: WHAT?!?!? Why didn't I know about this?

Kevin: Okay......talk to you later.

So, then I kicked into "Mommy mode" and began to stress out in the doctor's office about why my poor child was the ONLY kid without parents at her very first Thanksgiving party and why Kevin and I (staff members at the church where preschool is downstairs from Kevin's office) didn't know about the parent attended party!!!! I was so distraught that I told the nurse all about it when she came in to give Claire her shots!!!

So, I finally get Claire calmed down, checked out, and loaded up and run over to the church (which thankfully is less than a mile from the doctor's office). There, I make my grand entrance to the Thanksgiving party where Kevin is sitting in a very small chair and being a good daddy and representing us. I found my sweet little Chloe having the time of her life because this day, she got juice in her cup at school instead of water! She was eating her snack and proudly wearing her turkey hat (btw, she was the only kid who would wear her hat!).

Oh what a morning it was! Of course her teachers apologized profusely for the miscommunication and I learned that if there is a box around the activity on the school calendar, that means parents are invited...........and encouraged to attend!