Don’t tell on me…

So, any of you who have children know how much importance the school places on MAP testing. They start sending out memos weeks, even months, in advance to remind parents that kids need eight to nine hours of sleep and a good breakfast on testing days. They remind us not to schedule doctors appointments the week of the tests. They call us the week before to remind us again to have our kids in school and well rested.

Yesterday, some friends popped by for a visit that wound up lasting until 9 p.m. We adore these friends and their children and they live over an hour away, so yeah, we let the kids stay up.

This morning, my sister called needing an ear. She’s the kind of person who gives and gives, so on the rare occasion she actually lets you know she needs something, you give it. How could you not? So my kids had chocolate chip cookies for breakfast because I was on the phone with my sister.

And… today is the first day of MAP testing. So my sleepy kids rolled in to school full of sugar and no nutrition to take these all-important tests. Yeah, I know, I’m Mother-of-the-Year.

Sigh.