Em's Picnic

Cathie and I went to Em's school yesterday for her end-of-the-year picnic and concert. We ate and watched the kids play a bunch of games.

Some of the parents (ok, me) decided that wagering on the outcome of the kids events would make it more fun. I won $1 from my neighbor as she picked the girls to win in this shoe-kicking contest.

I also got the chance to meet Cathie's nemesis. Well, maybe nemesis is a strong word, but this story cracked me up. Cathie helps out all the time in Em's class. One day, one of the little girls walked up to Cathie and out of nowhere told her:

My Mom is prettier than you. She's a hip-hop Mom.

I got to finally meet the girl's Mom. I wanted badly to ask her what it means that she's a "hip-hop Mom", but it was probably one of those things that would have been funny to me and awkward to everyone else.

They had a pie eating contest involving Em's music teacher, the janitor - Mr. Steve and their music teacher. The janitor (in the middle, winning) is an amazing guy who the kids just love. You can see why.

We finished it up with a concert, to the Mom's. Here's my beef: All year long, the kids make great gifts for the Mom's for mother's day - 2 or 3 each: Poems, pictures, flowers, hand-bags. You name it. For the concert they could have done a nice tribute to Dad's to make up for the pimping we take. Did they? Nope. See if I vote on the next millage.

Em had a great teacher this year, Mrs. Robinson. We're hoping she gets our friend Sheri next year for first grade, since Nate and Maddie both had her as their kindergarten teacher.