who, what, why, where and when?

these are important questions that a parent needs to know. not just when you are going to be out of the house with a friend but also for what is going on at school. for some reason my children do not find it necessary to let me know this information until maybe the morning of the event. we will be getting ready in the morning and i will get oh yeah, mom i need (enter money amount) for a field trip it's due today. well this morning i got oh yeah mom i have a concert tonight at 7:30 well i also had stamping club tonight that i was excited to go to all week now i don't get to go. i'm really bummed about it i enjoy doing stamping club and it is only once a month so it should be easy to work around, but not if you are not given that important info that is necessary for planning things. i think that the kids see me as just someone who sits around and waits for them to do something so that i too have something to do. i do have a life outside of them. at least i got to go to signing class today. colleen, she is the one who is deaf, bakes really well so next week she is going to teach me to make a cake. like the wedding cake type i'm really excited about that.