Try And Try Again

The first few weeks of school are always punctuated by forgetting. Forgetting backpacks on the bus, forgetting school folders at home, forgetting thermoses at school.

How do you get a kid to remember that he needs to wear sneakers on Tuesday, or to bring his library book on Friday?

Well, if you're me, you do this:

The first Friday this was up I asked Nick if he'd looked at this chart. He said yes. I asked if he had his library book. He said yes, he thought so. I said he should double check. Cut to his school library time, where I was a volunteer. Guess who didn't have his library books.

Seriously, there is only so much one can do.