Guilt Trips

Yesterday, the Tweedles got the best of me and guilted me into bringing them McDonald's and eating lunch with them at school.  For the past couple of weeks, Jane has been crying to me that it's not fair that I never come to eat lunch with them and that ALL her friends have had their parents come in, and since Isaac has preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays, why can't I just do it then?

I finally got sick enough of the sob fest that I decided a little quid pro quo could save the day.  I told Jane and Alex that if they made their beds before school and fixed up their room to look "perfect" (in case we had any showings), I would have time to swing by McDonald's and go eat with them before picking up Isaac.  With half my work taken care of for me (Ethan and Grace have been leaving their rooms perfect every morning, and Sophie pitched in with her bed yesterday as well), I was able to get the whole house show ready in about an hour after I had dropped Dumplin' off to school.

After my daily chores were done, I decided to kill two birds with one stone and stop by The Home Depot that's right next to the McDonald's to grab some EZ Seed to fix the grass situation that has been glaring out at us from the backyard, ever since we hauled away the trampoline and play set.  I timed things JUST right, finishing up at the store and then going through the drive-thru with enough time to even sit with Sophie at lunch, even though she wasn't the one begging.  I didn't want her feeling left out that the Tweedles got all my attention for lunch, but I shouldn't have worried.  If anything, I think Sophie was embarrassed to have me show up in the cafeteria unannounced.  Hahaha.  She eventually let me sit at her table with her friends, and I was able to chat with them all for a bit before the 1st graders came in, but I could tell that she probably would have been just as happy if I hadn't come for her at all.  Womp.  Womp.  Hahaha.

 I pretty much made her take a picture with me.

In line with her friends, going back to class.

Alex, on the other hand, was a different story!  He {and his friends} were a super energetic bunch of kiddos who were super stoked that I was there and had brought McDonald's.  I learned all KINDS of stuff from his friends while there (like seriously, SO much stuff) and it was quite an entertaining little interlude.

Fifteen minutes later, the 3rd graders arrived in the cafeteria and I bid Alex and company farewell to go and sit with Jane.  Jane, meanwhile, was more excited than Alex and Sophie combined -- after all, I had finally made her dreams come true by bringing her lunch.  After grabbing her happy meal, she promptly swiped my phone and started taking selfies with her friends.  Hahahaha.

In the end, it was a lot of fun, and I'm glad Jane guilted me into eating lunch with them at school.  Now I just hope they don't expect this to happen EVERY Tuesday and Thursday.  ;)