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The Tater Tot’s words of the day are “overachiever” and “accessible”. “What the heck?”, you ask. These are the words that Tater Tot repeated completely clearly while I was having a conversation with the preschool teacher today. We were talking about a relative who has her entire house decorated for Christmas, all of her hundreds of presents bought and wrapped and under the tree and just had a hysterectomy two weeks ago. I said, “Overachiever!” and Tater Tot parroted back “Overachiever” perfectly clearly! We all about fell out laughing. Later we were singing “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes” and she commented that Tater Tot’s toes were right there (Uh, I forgot her shoes today…yeah, not winning Mother of the Year) and I said they were “accessible”. Loudly and clearly she says “accessible!”. I swear this kid cracks me up…

And, yes, you read that right. I got all the way to preschool and realized that The Tot had socks on but no shoes. Gak! I have no idea how that happened. I knew right where the shoes were that I had planned to put on her but, between getting her sippy cup, my shoes and sunglasses, making sure the diaper bag was stocked with the essentials, and getting out the door on time, that little detail was missed. I knew that there was a WalMart down the street from the preschool so I thought I’d just pop in and get her an inexpensive pair of new shoes. I was so proud of myself for thinking on my feet when I realized (in the WalMart parking lot, of course) that I had left my wallet upstairs by the computer when I was renewing our library books. Oh Good Lord! What the heck happened to my brain today? Did it leak out my ears? On top of that all, I had not written down when I had snack duty and thought it was next week but wasn’t 100% sure. There was a little niggling in the back of my brain that said “You’d better call just to make sure”. Thankfully she called me back and let me know that I didn’t have snack duty this week because I was only 75% prepared. It would have been a much more hectic morning than it already was.

Can you imagine what a wreck I would be with more than one child? I don’t even want to think about it.