Everyday, twice a day, I do the School Run! Weaving through the traffic I take my little Man to his Private School in leafy Hampstead...along with about 1,000 other mums on the run.
For some Mums this is the highlight of their day...seeing their little one's face entering the school gates and then collecting them later with a treat or two.
For others, like me and my Mummy Friend V, it is a somewhat routine task that just has to be done. Don't get me wrong...whilst we love seeing our kids after their day at school, it's the other Mums and Nannies that we have to tolerate!! Pushy, boastful and education-obsessed mums really don't interest me...I couldn't care less that little B just had his first violin recital at Wigmore Hall or little J is scuba diving next Summer..These competitive mums love nothing better than getting one up at the School Gates...and usually the best parking space!!!
My lovely friend V and I usually stand around chatting about our day, the nice pair of shoes we saw earlier or what we watched on television the night before...call us Dippy Mums if you like...we don't care!!
The School Gate Stereotypes are easy to spot...
Dippy Mum....thats me and V.
PTA Mum...Knows everything and everyone! Never misses a deadline to bring in a consent form or empty cardboard boxes for some school project..would never leave PE Kit at home and has everyone's contact numbers stored in her phone!
Buisness Mum...attached to Blackberry and very stressed!! Always seems distracted and vacant...
Uber-Nanny..Fluent in 3 languages and prepared for anything. Takes the kids swimming after school then manages to get them to do all their homework, eat all their vegetables, have a bath and wash hair and ready for bed at 7pm!!...secretly I want her...Or want to be her....and she gets paid!!!
Yummy Mummy.. Arrives in her 4 x 4 with personalised number plate, usually dressed in black gym gear with immaculate hair, make-up and sunglasses. Brings delicious expensive cup-cakes as treats at pick-up and almost seems to skip back to the car with her off-spring...I assume there may be medication involved but that's another blog I think!!
School Gates....love 'em or hate 'em are just another challenge for Schoolmumontherun !!
For some Mums this is the highlight of their day...seeing their little one's face entering the school gates and then collecting them later with a treat or two.
For others, like me and my Mummy Friend V, it is a somewhat routine task that just has to be done. Don't get me wrong...whilst we love seeing our kids after their day at school, it's the other Mums and Nannies that we have to tolerate!! Pushy, boastful and education-obsessed mums really don't interest me...I couldn't care less that little B just had his first violin recital at Wigmore Hall or little J is scuba diving next Summer..These competitive mums love nothing better than getting one up at the School Gates...and usually the best parking space!!!
My lovely friend V and I usually stand around chatting about our day, the nice pair of shoes we saw earlier or what we watched on television the night before...call us Dippy Mums if you like...we don't care!!
The School Gate Stereotypes are easy to spot...
Dippy Mum....thats me and V.
PTA Mum...Knows everything and everyone! Never misses a deadline to bring in a consent form or empty cardboard boxes for some school project..would never leave PE Kit at home and has everyone's contact numbers stored in her phone!
Buisness Mum...attached to Blackberry and very stressed!! Always seems distracted and vacant...
Uber-Nanny..Fluent in 3 languages and prepared for anything. Takes the kids swimming after school then manages to get them to do all their homework, eat all their vegetables, have a bath and wash hair and ready for bed at 7pm!!...secretly I want her...Or want to be her....and she gets paid!!!
Yummy Mummy.. Arrives in her 4 x 4 with personalised number plate, usually dressed in black gym gear with immaculate hair, make-up and sunglasses. Brings delicious expensive cup-cakes as treats at pick-up and almost seems to skip back to the car with her off-spring...I assume there may be medication involved but that's another blog I think!!
School Gates....love 'em or hate 'em are just another challenge for Schoolmumontherun !!
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