Mom of the Year

If there is such a thing as a "Mom of the Year Award," I have it in the bag. All you ladies who think you might deserve such an honor have obviously not heard about the amazing things I have done thus far in 2010.
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Keep in mind that it is not even mid-march yet, and I have done two things that should put me way ahead of the competition. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will be familiar with my first feat.
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Drum Roll... I sent my six-year-old to school with a broken arm. Yes, my dear middle child, Owen, broke his arm on a Thursday afternoon, and I, his very loving and concerned mother, did not take him to the doctor until Saturday morning. In my defense, this child, whom I am quite confident will win an Oscar or at least a People's Choice Award someday, can, with just the shear volume of his scream, make you think a papercut is a severed limb. So, I have taught myself to wait until the drama dies down to determine whether the situation is serious or not. Turns out this one was serious. Oops.
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My second accomplishment occurred just this morning at the dentist. Another Drum Roll...I was told Carter has an abscessed tooth. WHAT?!? I guess a chip in a molar led to a cavity, which let to an abscess. How did I let this one slip by me? Well, when he complained about the pain, I looked in his mouth and found a little sore. I thought it was probably a canker sore. Wrong. It was drainage from the abscess. Loving mother that I am, I gave him some Tylenol a few times, and told him it would eventually go away. Well, the pain did go away, but not because the sore healed; it was because his tooth DIED!!! I let my son's tooth die. I guess the good news is, it's a baby tooth, so we will have a fresh start with a permanent one eventually. But for the time being, I have a boy with a dead tooth and I feel like a poophead of a mother for not getting him checked earlier.
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So, there you have it. Kimberly Kaye Harms, Mother of the Year