In celebration of my new PTA Mom trilogy, let's play a Jeff Foxworthy-esque game:
You Might Be A PTA Mom if...
Here are a few to get you started. Add your own as a reply and I'll add them to the list. And to make things more interesting, I'm drawing names from the participants for some lovely Weary Creek Gift Boxes!
Here are a few to get you started. Add your own as a reply and I'll add them to the list. And to make things more interesting, I'm drawing names from the participants for some lovely Weary Creek Gift Boxes!
10. ...when you appear in the teacher's workroom all the teachers rush over to see what you brought them to eat. ~Ellen Too
9. ...you know the location of every public washroom in town—field trips help that along. ~Kaelee
8. ...you've dressed up in a grass skirt, aloha shirt, and carried around a pink, plastic, blowup dolphin as volunteer reader for the annual Scholastic book fair . . . in a snowstorm. ~Shelley
7. ... your kids' friends call you "Mom." ~Patti
6. You might be a PTA mom if you can sing "Found a Peanut" in your sleep. ~Jody
5. ...you take every school fundraiser to work and then end up having to carry in 100 tubs of frozen cookie dough ~Tammy
4. ...you've popped so much popcorn to sell on Fridays that when you go to the grocery store later that day, you notice people around you sniffing the air and saying, "Do you smell popcorn?" ~JV
3. ...the students wave in the hall and say, "HI Laminating Lady!" rather than "Mrs. ____" ~Donna
2. ...you're so busy with PTA stuff that your husband has to dress out of the dryer in the mornings. ~JV
1. ... if you've ever forged another mom's name on a volunteer sheet. ~Ellen
9. ...you know the location of every public washroom in town—field trips help that along. ~Kaelee
8. ...you've dressed up in a grass skirt, aloha shirt, and carried around a pink, plastic, blowup dolphin as volunteer reader for the annual Scholastic book fair . . . in a snowstorm. ~Shelley
7. ... your kids' friends call you "Mom." ~Patti
6. You might be a PTA mom if you can sing "Found a Peanut" in your sleep. ~Jody
5. ...you take every school fundraiser to work and then end up having to carry in 100 tubs of frozen cookie dough ~Tammy
4. ...you've popped so much popcorn to sell on Fridays that when you go to the grocery store later that day, you notice people around you sniffing the air and saying, "Do you smell popcorn?" ~JV
3. ...the students wave in the hall and say, "HI Laminating Lady!" rather than "Mrs. ____" ~Donna
2. ...you're so busy with PTA stuff that your husband has to dress out of the dryer in the mornings. ~JV
1. ... if you've ever forged another mom's name on a volunteer sheet. ~Ellen
So add your own You Might Be a PTA Mom if, or share a story about your time as a PTA Mom! I'll draw names from the entries in December for the awesome Weary Creek Gifts!
And Check Out the PTA Mom Trilogy...they're available for Kindle and as a paperback!
Holly
You find yourself singing Harper Valley PTA on the way to school :)
ReplyDeleteOh, that's a good one, Deonna! One might suspect you have something in common with my PTA Moms! LOL
DeleteYou know every child in your son's classroom by name and their best friend's name, too!
ReplyDeleteLibrary Lady/judy
Hi, Judy! LOL Yes, yes, you definitely might be a PTA Mom!
Delete... if you have served cocoa to every child in 4th grade for Christmas Around the World (the Switzerland class)with a huge bandage around your finger (to stop the bleeding) rather than go to the doctor after you cut your finger the morning of the event.
ReplyDelete~NightOwl
Oh, NightOwl, You definitely might be a PTA Mom! Hope your finger was okay!
DeleteYou've ever graded papers and filled out the grade book for the teacher.
ReplyDeleteYou come home from school wearing more glitter than the kids.
You've been on the same field trip multiple times because you have three kids.
denise
Denise, LOL Those are very good ones...and oh so true!
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