Running for Office

No, not me (that would be priceless...)

Madi wants to be the Student Council Representative from her 4th grade class.  Yay!  As a former Student Council member and proud and supportive parent, I am happy to help however I can.

Except she came into my room last night at 9:30 and annouced that she had forgotten to write her speech, and the election was tomorrow.  Since I was knee-deep in a panic-attack / nausea / migraine-riddled evening, I told her that she could get up a little earlier and write it in the morning.

This morning didn't find me in much better shape; I got Sarah out the door, set Madi in motion getting ready, and set my alarm for 20 minutes before we needed to leave for the bus, planning on trying to sleep a bit.  I knew we could easily knock out a 20 second speech in about 5 minutes.

You know that there's a "but" coming, right?

The speech did take 5 minutes to write - Madi had her thoughts well composed - but during the composition she mentioned that they could make campaign posters as well.  Campaign posters.

This was a true test of motherhood.  I looked at the clock - we had 10 MINUTES before she needed to leave for the bus. A wise mother would have said "oops!  You should have thought of that a week ago!*" and let natural consequences teach the lesson.

I am not wise.

I wanted her to WIN.

So, we scrambled and worked together (!) and came up with a poster.  I cannot tell you how grateful I am for computers, scrapbook paper, and glue sticks.  I cannot believe we pulled together a poster in 15 minutes, but we did.

The picture on the poster is Madi, age 3, face covered in shaving cream.  Pretty darn cute.

Well, now at least she has a fair shot.  The rest is up to her and the fickle voting whims of 26 fourth graders.  I'm going back to bed.

VOTE MADI!

*In her defense, Madi had told me that her teacher didn't tell them about the campaign poster until yesterday.

ps - we didn't make the bus, but did have enough time for me to change out of my PJs and drive her to school on time.

UPDATE: Apparently, all of the other moms were "wise" - Madi was the only candidate with a poster.  :)  Unfortunately, she didn't win.  :(  The election was won by Brady, last year's winner.  Madi's being a trooper, but I can tell she's disappointed.