Nothing is more maddening than waiting in the car line to drop the kids off at school and the car in front of you just sits there.  And sits.  And sits.  Finally, a kid gets out then reaches back inside the car to get his or her backpack.  Puts it on.  Then reaches back in the car ONCE AGAIN to grab a book or money or whatever else they were not organized enough to have ready when they reached the front of the line.

This drives me nuts!

Busy Mom doesn’t like it much either.  That’s why she takes steps ahead of time to have the kids ready when they reach the front of the line,

I would get them to unbuckle their seat belts when we were a couple of car lengths away from the drop-off zone and put their backpacks on so they’d be ready to get out of the car quickly.

For no particular reason, I’d say, “Time to unbuckle, Chuckle.”, and that just kind of stuck.

The family must be a riot to be around because they figured the “uckle” would now be started with the day of the week… (M)uckle, (T)uckle, (W)uckle.  Until Friday. Then it’s Zuckle.  Wise decision, friend.

Photo by thienzieyung via flickr creative commons.