Co-Op Moms

Today I came up with a new word that kind of hits upon what I'm trying to achieve - co-op!

Today was great.

A friend of mine, S.K, called me about 5 minutes before I needed to leave
work to pick up my 3 girls from school and volunteered to pick them up.
(She has two of her own that are the same ages)

This was valuable since Ron and I own our own business and I would
have had to drag hungry kids back to the office to finish shipping out
product.

The girls had a great time playing. I finished packaging product and
got to Fed Ex and the Post office on time and I was much less stressed.

Tomorrow, I volunteered to pick up her kindergardener and watch her child
in the afternoon with my own twin kindergardeners before our older kids are
out. At 3, I'll pick up the big girls and drop off my friends' kids. I'm sure
she'll be taking my girls one day next week.

I have got to focus and get more carpools going. Going to the school 2-3 times
a day is too much. We have no buses after the cuts in funding and it
is an absolute zoo.