October 6: Room Dad

In a previous blog, I wrote about my wife volunteering to be Room Parent for my daughter's school classroom. Of course, she got the job and today was the first big event of the year: the teacher's birthday. Unfortunately, my wife could not arrange her schedule to accommodate this event, so I volunteered to step in for her on this one. Yes, I had to play "Room Dad". It was pretty simple though, mostly thanks to my wife who shopped for a gift, baked the cupcakes and scheduled everything with the teacher. Thus, all I had to do was deliver everything on time and intact. You're probably guessing I screwed up somehow and there is some funny story to follow, but, I'm happy to say everything went just like we drew it up. I showed up with gift and cupcakes in hand, the kids sang "Happy Birthday" to their teacher, she opened her gift, and everyone absolutely loved the cupcakes. So, to my lovely wife I say this...if all of them are going to be this easy, I'll be more than happy to stand in for you anytime you like!