You Might Be a PTA Mom

Holly,

I was a Room Mom for the last two years.  The jury is still out for this year because once you do it, you are on their list for life.  One of my best stories is the Halloween party last year for her 3rd grade class.  After all the parent helpers in 2nd  grade, I was shocked when only one other mom came to help in 3rd grade.  We had planned for 2 fun paper crafts, a food craft (decorating scary cupcakes, plus refreshments,  We got it all done because the Teacher helped with a craft and Marilyn and I ran ourselves ragged,  The high point was when the students wrapped toilet paper arounf Mr. Richardson and the Teacher's aide to turn them into mummies.  The kids all had so much fun.  And as much as I sometimes grumble, I love being involved in her class, meeting the other students and really getting to know her teachers.

There were more girls than boys - so the girls made Mr. Richardson a mummy and the boys made Ms. Grey a mummy.  Here is poor Ms. Grey!

Awesome on being the room mom! I was the coordinator at our last school and it was hard getting volunteers for classes 3rd grade and above. It seemed everyone wanted to help when their kids were little but later on not so much.

Love the picture almost as much as envisioning Donna dancing.

Angel

I don't want to leave out 2nd grade as that was a very memorable year too.  I, along with a few other Moms took tons of pictures that year.  I collected them all, picked out the best ones and made a Photo CD set to music of the whole year.  I then made copies for everyone in the class including the Teachers.  It was such a big hit and everyone loved it.

Each Halloween, her school has a Parade of Fiction, so the kids can wear their costume as long as they carry a book that goes with the costume.  All 1300 kids marched in that parade. It took over two hours.  I ended up marching that year too (to my embarassment) when the Substitute Teacher could not be found, I couldn't let the class march alone, so I marched at the end of the class to make sure we all stayed together.

What made this year extra special was my daughter and her "boy friend" were in the same class.  Here is a picture.