Holly Jacobs Presents: You Might be a PTA Mom If....

Hi Holly--this series sounds great. I love games like this so I'll be back with more, but here's one to start...

You know you're a PTA mom if you can make a to-scale replica of the local elementary school out of sheet cake, three colors of frosting, and a few toothpicks.

Have fun!

Ellen

P.S. You know you're a PTA mom if you've ever made more than 6 dozen cookies and watched them vanish in less than 2 seconds.  

Hi Holly,

I never made such a cake. I made a joke about making such a cake.

Just don't want to misrepresent my PTA cred. I'm way better with paper than I am with cake batter.

Ellen

 

LOL  Oh, man, you do want to be careful because all those other cake-making PTA moms might take out a hit on you!  Of course, you COULD make a cake this year and then all would be well...you'd get to claim the cred!

Holly 

but my niece is.

You might be a PTA mom if you have blisters on your fingers from cutting out mutitude fabric rectantangles.

You might be a PTA mom if you can make flowers out of vegetables.

You might be a PTA mom if you can make rice crispy squares in your sleep.

PS can't wait for the series Holly

I'm so glad you're looking forward to the series.  I had so much fun with the parents at Erie Elementary!

Holly 

You might be a PTA Mom if you find yourself digging through the trash because you forgot to cut out the boxtop before throwing the box away....

 

 

Boxtops! Eek! I have a few bags of them I have to send in for our school. Somebody found a huge box of the Campbell's labels at our school and gave them to me. Unfortunately you can't send in the whole label anymore, just the code. (I guess I better get to work cutting.)

Angel

Angel, LOL Yes, I think we can tell you might have said YES once too often!  It took me years to figure out that occasionally saying NO didn’t make me a bad mom!  Let’s all practice with Angel...NO.  Tell you dh I’m trying to help you win his dare! Holly

Rae, LOL Tell your mom hi, and thanks!  And really, I’m not nearly PTA Mommish enough to eat glue! LOL   Holly

 I never realized when I saved those Campbell labels they just needed the codes...

WHAT!!!!

Jayne 

I am sort of a PTA mom once removed as I babysit for my niece's youngest so she can do things for her two older kids. But I do collect soup labels, egg cartons, coffee can lids, inner cardboards from paper towel rolls, etc.

I am embarassed to say, I shied away from being a PTA Mom after a few years .

You might be a PTA Mom...

Labeled all new school library books (every term)

Wrapped new school/library books with clear sticky protective cover (took 2 people, in a 1st grade classroom-working on those minature desks & chairs, 3 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 months.  Yes, papercuts, blisters & leg cramps!)

Go to all swim meets: doing the yard duty, prepared salad, cook hamburger

Baking for the bake sale

Wow, this subject brings back some memories. 

Orchid...ow, I'm hurting on your behalf for all the book cover.  Now, that's one job I never did!

LOL

Holly 

I am so not a PTA mom. I came and sat at the very back of the meeting duck behind the chairs in the back row because I had a nursing newborn when my firstborn went off to school. I discovered I had neither the skills nor the desire to ever come to the front of the room and volunteer for anything.

However...

I found myself volunteering in the Library once a week for two years.

The superintendent signed me up to be a parent representative when we were interviewing for a new elementary principal.

The same superintendent signed me up to be a parent rep on a building design team

Yeap, same super called on me and came to my house to have me help him design and lay out a newsletter for the building project.

Holly, my current book is Once Upon a Thanksgiving and I am loving the story! Why am I humming a tune from Anastasia everytime I read your title? LOL --Wait a minute wasn't there a song title Once Upon a December? Since that's what I am humming...LOL

 

Nancy,

 Oh, that Super had your number alright!  I read an article that people don't tend to just raise their hand and volunteer.  The most effective way to get them is to ask!  Bet he read the same article!

And I'm so glad you're enjoying Once Upon a Thanksgiving!  I'll confess, I frequently try Samantha's suck-your-stomach-in weight loss plan.  I don't know that it works, but my stomach is better toned!  And I sooo loved Anastasia!  I'd forgotten all about that song, but now you have me humming it to!

Oh, here's another indication your a PTA Mom...well, just a mom.  When you know facts about the things that interest your kids.  One had a real Russian history thing, so I read a lot of books about Anastasia and Czar Nicholas.  Another liked whales, so I know the differenc between baleen and toothed whales.  And after decades of zoo visits, my zoo trivia facts are very extensive.  For instance, a baby goose is a gosling, a baby duck is a duckling...a baby swan??

 Holly--still humming! 

is a cygnet but can't find my dictionary to check. This may be a sign that I need to do some housework.

You may be a PTA mom if you know the location of every public washroom in town---field trips help that along.

Kaelee, LOL  You might be procrastinating if you need to double check your cygnet facts!  

 And yes, bathroom locations are a must!!

Holly 

Holly, my youngest daughter read Peter the Great (a bio with 999 pages) when she was 10. She can still quote passages. She loves learning about Russian history, among many varied other interests in her life. She is now starting her senior year and just found out she is ranked 2nd in her class. I have another child interested in whales. LOL

Okay, so I'm going to try to keep track of these and we'll vote at the end of each week...I'm figuring out how and will let you know.  Here's today's entries...

You know you're a PTA mom if you can make a to-scale replica of the local elementary school out of sheet cake, three colors of frosting, and a few toothpicks. ~ Ellen Hartman
You know you're a PTA mom if you've ever made more than 6 dozen cookies and watched them vanish in less than 2 seconds. ~Ellen Hartman
You know you are a PTA mom if you are the first person your child's teacher calls when she needs someone to help with a special class project and you respond to the call. ~Ellen Too

You might be a PTA mom if you have blisters on your fingers from cutting out mutitude fabric rectantangles. ~Kaelee

 

You might be a PTA mom if you can make flowers out of vegetables. ~Kaelee

 

You might be a PTA mom if you can make rice crispy squares in your sleep. ~Kaelee

 

You might be a PTA mom if collect soup labels, egg cartons, coffee can lids, inner cardboards from paper towel rolls, etc. ~Kaelee

 

You may be a PTA mom if you know the location of every public washroom in town---field trips help that along. ~Kaelee

 

You might be a PTA mom if your husband dares you to come home from a meeting and not be the Point of Contact for the next fundraiser. ~Angel

 

You might be a PTA mom if  you wince when you hear the principal call your name. (Please don't let him ask me to do the newsletter.) ~Angel

 

You might be a PTA Mom if you find yourself digging through the trash because you forgot to cut out the boxtop before throwing the box away. ~Katherine Santi

 

You might be a PTA Mom if like the kids you snuck to taste the paste one more time as you were gluing together a popsicle stick house. ~Rae

 

You might be a PTA Mom if you know ants on a log is a healthy snack that kids will actually eat because of the cool name. ~Rae

 

You might be a PTA Mom if you truly know that Bingo was his name O'. ~Rae

 

You might be a PTA Mom if labeled all new school library books (every term) ~Orchid

 

You might be a PTA Mom if wrapped new school/library books with clear sticky protective cover (took 2 people, in a 1st grade classroom-working on those minature desks & chairs, 3 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 months.  Yes, papercuts, blisters & leg cramps!) ~Orchid

 

You might be a PTA Mom if go to all swim meets: doing the yard duty, prepared salad, cook hamburger ~Orchid

 

You might be a PTA mom if you have spent more time helping with fundraisers than at hair salons. ~Vilora

 

Even if you think though you think you're not, Nancy, 

You Definitely Might Be A PTA Mom if...

 

You found yourself volunteering in the Library once a week for two years.

The superintendent signed you up to be a parent representative when we were interviewing for a new elementary principal. (And you let him!)

The same superintendent signed you up to be a parent rep on a building design team. (And you let him!) 

Yeap, same super called on me and came to my house to have me help him design and lay out a newsletter for the building project. (And you let him!)

 

And since I'm running this thing, I'm going to say that PTA Moms and Homeschooling Moms are almost identical twins and...

You know you're a homeschooling mom when:

...you can make edible play-doh in four different flavours and designer colours.

...you scavenge art supplies from the firepit in your backyard.

...you teach them to play Ode to Joy...on the kazoo

  And...

You Might Not Be a PTA Mom if you're afraid Jayne will be mad you're falling down on your Book Reading for the Challenge. ~Sadhbh

 

More to come!

 

Holly 

 

 

Ellen,

QPTAM definitely, definitely made my day!

I'm proud to announce I've never forged another moms name.  I have been known to bring white-out along and white my name out!  (Not really, but if we had a QPTAM forging mom, I'd have been tempted!)

Holly 

Michelle,

 I feel so ripped off because I don't own one tea towel with the school's name on it.  Geesh.

And thanks for solving our worldwide PTA question!  

Holly 

Michelle,

I will definitely suggest this to our PTC...it sounds like a great idea.  And we have a big Christmas Fair every year...they'd make great Christmas gifts.  Thanks for the idea!

I've got tons of school t-shirts and sweatshirts.  The did really nice canvas bags for the school's anniversary.  Oh, and mugs.  I have some school mugs. 

Holly 

Ms. Laminating/Cookie Lady,

I've been Story Lady and I've been So-and-so's Mom, but never those two.  LOL

 Holly 

takes the "r" out of "friend"

 

You might be a PTA mom if when you appear in the teacher's workroom all the teachers rush over to see what you brought them to eat.