I failed at the final hurdle!

[Joolyjoolyjoo]

Accepting the prize for crap mum of the day is....Joolyjoolyjoo

dd1 started school in the summer. I was really nervous about it- not for her, I knew she would love it, which she does. No, I was nervous for me. All the other mums seem to know what they are doing with all the ins and outs of school, and I was really scared! I was sure I would forget to put her homework book in her bag/ forget her lunch etc etc.

I managed to have her homework done every night, and returned to school. I remembered every Tuesday was PE day. I never once forgot her lunch money, and I managed (with much stress and rushing!) to get her on the school bus every day.

This week has been fraught with potential disasters for me- lots of things to remember!

On Monday and Tuesday, I had to remember to put her PE kit on under her uniform, so she could easily change for the nativity play. Then to have a card and present organised and wrapped for each of the two birthday parties that she had been invited to on those days. I remembered where each party was being held, and managed to drop her off and pick her up on time.

On Wednesday I had to remember it was the day they were going to the Pantomime, and I had to pack a sandwich for her- nothing messy, no lunchbox, no schoolbag.

On Thursday it was her school party. I remembered to iron her party dress and buy her new tights, and to send her to school in it. Also remembered to write invitations to her birthday party in January and put them in her bag.

Today was the last day of term (Halleluia!!) Remembered to buy and wrap presents for teacher/ bus driver and lollipop man, and bring them to the bus with me. Managed to hustle all 3 kids out of the door in time to catch the school bus before dropping other 2 off at 2 different nurseries and then getting to work. Arrived at bus stop to see all other children not in school uniform. DD1 IS in school uniform. Other mums look like this . "Did you not remember today is NON-UNIFORM DAY???" Aghast. DD1 crying. No time to go home and change. Nothing I could do

She told me when I picked her up that she was the ONLY kid in the whole school in uniform I cried. Feel really crap, and like I fell at the very last hurdle!! Was SOO hoping one of the other "uber-mums" would have forgotten too, but apparently I am the ONLY crap mum in the school. Sob. Please tell me someone else has done this before?....

i once took mine to school and as we drove down the road,i remarked how quiet it was and we must be early as there was nobody else about,sat there for ten minutes and it suddenly dawnes on me that it was a non-pupil day,so it does happen to other people.

Aww- bubbles!!! In your favour, though, no one was around to see that you had cocked up

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aww bless you! you sound like you had an awful lot to remember jooly and also sound like you are giving yourself a hard time, you did bloody great! so what she had to wear her uniform?! all the other 'uber' mums will have forgotten something at some point deffinitely, maybe lunch money or pe kit, birthday gifts for dc's friends etc it's impossible not to, i forget loads and i only have one dc! i went out the other day and forgot his cup and only remembered when i got back that i hadn't even offered him a drink for hours we all forget things but on the grand scheme of things, non uniform day.... no big deal, unlike making sure ds doesn't dehydrate blush].

Don't worry, during my daughter's first week at her new school her friend's mum forgot to pick her up as arranged. She had to walk home -about 1 1/2miles!!!!!!
She was mortified when I rang her to see what had happened!!!!!!

Don't worry - an uber mum I know recently confided in me that the day her dd hide her diary she thought her world was going to fall apart, if she didn't have her magic book then all was lost - it was an organised mum one and I have followed her lead and have one which is great (plus it satisfies the inner child in me with the stickers!)

if its any help my mum once forgot I needed a fancy dress costume for China day at primary school and also worked full time, I had visions of going as a pretty chinese girl but I ended up with a black bin bag with holes cut out for my arms and head with every chinese food label from our cupboard and take out menu stapled to it, chop sticks in my hair and a wok on my head - she sent me as a chinese take away - I was mortified, I won a prize but told mum it was a symphathy prize must have made her feel really bad because now I'm really impressed with how creative she was when she couldn't get to the shops!

Hey, don;t worry. My mum forgot to pick me up once. I am sure I will do far worse to DS, although he is only 15 weeks old at the mo.

Actually. I once went to work on a Bank Holiday. And when I was pg I left the house to go into town, went into autopilotbabybrain and forget where I was going and went to work - which was open - to many surprised faces saying they didn't think I was on duty that week end. And I missed my hair appt!

Sent DS in without uniform at the end of term once because DD's junior school next door was non uniform, assumed the infants was non uniform too! Oh no, he was the only child there in his own clothes. He laughed his head off thought it was great, I was mortified!!

Forgot to take ds's toy in last day of term - and he'd been talking for WEEKS about being allowed to take toys in. Luckily dh was on a day off and ran up there in the car.

If we are including work, when I went back after maternity leave, I managed to leave work on autopilot and get half way home before remembering we'd moved. My feet just took me to the tube station and down the escalator and onto the wrong platform and train all by themselves without my brain intervening at all!

I too have done the uniform thing on a non-uniform day but I did race home, throw clothes in a bag and race back to school but I am sahm so could afford the time to do this.

I also now live by Organised Mum but I have the life book and yes the stickers are fab.