It's been an long embarrassing day!

So how can this cute picture have anything to do with an embarrassing day? Let me just tell the story.

It started off this morning somehow we were late for school. I got up early enough for me to get a shower and get the girls ready and everything but however things happened It was 15 mins until time to go Brooke wasn't ready to go to preschool yet and I still hadn't had my shower. I decided to skip my shower and get Brooke ready. I figured I could get my shower after I dropped everyone off at school. It would be more relaxing then anyways. I threw on some old cloths, I figured it didn't matter because I was putting on my huge coat over the shirt anyways and no one would see what I was wearing underneath. I splashed my face with water and put on some lip gloss and pulled my desperately needed to be washed hair into a ponytail. I figured I would look good if anyone glanced at me and I would make sure I wouldn't stop and talk to anyone so no one would notice! We were quickly off to school but we were late anyways, even with all my appearance/time cutting efforts.

I get Kaitlyn and Brianna to class and last was to drop Brooke off to preschool. As I walked her into her class her teacher said "You did read the flier that you HAVE TO STAY today because SinterKlaas is coming". I said no, I didn't get this flier. Turns out they put this flier in Brooke's backpack and I just didn't look in there and see it. So I suggested to her teacher that maybe I should run home real quickly and get Brooke's Zwarte Pete outfit. They said no need Brooke has made a Zwarte Pete hat that she can wear. I was out of ideas. We had to just stay. I had to take my coat off and of course I had to talk to people with my old dirty shirt on that didn't match my pants. With my unwashed hair and unmake-uped faced which I was pretty sure I had a little bit of yesterday's mascara smeared under my left eye. And of course I hadn't eaten breakfast and I was hungry. For the first 20 mins I just wanted to hide but then I thought there is nothing I can do about it I'm stuck here for 2 hours so lets talk with the moms and enjoy are time.

Brooke was excited that I got to stay there with her. I was glad to spend the time with her. It was fun to see Sinterklaas come. I was so sad not to have my Camera. Brooke was a bit scared of him but she was excited to get her treats and gifts.

She got let out of Preschool early and so we literally ran to the store to get the items I needed to buy for Sinterklaas to arrive at our house tomorrow and to get bread to eat for lunch. I had to get them before I picked up the girls from school at lunch. It was the last chance I had.

As soon as we were done with that we ran home and I jumped in the shower. I couldn't handle doing anything more today looking the way I did. I showered in record speed and got dressed and ran back to school to pick up Brianna from school. I was only about 5 mins late. I felt so bad. But I HAD to shower. Brianna and I ran home and Kaitlyn stayed at school for lunch because I had to take Brianna to the speech therapist.

I made lunch as fast as possible and then put us all on our bikes to go but it started snowing as we were riding to the speech therapist office. Brianna declared it was too cold and she couldn't keep riding her bike. We have been having some problems with our car and can't drive it right now. So we didn't have a choice we had to be on our bikes and we had to go. I kept encouraging her to keep going and telling her she was doing such a good job. Finally we made it to the speech therapist office, all snowed covered and about 10 mins late, being late is so much fun when they tell you "je ben te laat" (you are late), in not the happiest of tones.

After school Kaitlyn's friend invited her over to her house to play. I let her go thinking Brian could pick her up on his way home from work. But turns out Brian has a work party that starts at 5:00 and he wont be coming home. That means I'm going to have to walk all the way over to her house with my girls in the cold snow rain and walk all the way back.

I give up! It is just going to be one of those days.

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So in the end I surive the day and I put the girls to bed. As we are brushing our teath I look in the mirror to see that my mascra is smeared down my face. I'm not sure how long it had been that way but apparently I had been out in the snow and rain too much. I think of all of the people I interacted with today and wonder how many of them got to see me with a beautiful smear of mascra down my left check? Today is truely a day to remember!