My six cent tip

Today I worked the book fair again. First, though, I had the meeting with the representative from the company that I'm looking at using for our catalog fundraiser that we are about to have. It was a pretty short meeting...I just really needed to get some numbers from him to make my decision. After I finished with him I headed over to the book fair at about 10:15 and I worked there until 1:45 when the bell rang and I went out front to meet Libby. During Libby's lunch time I went into the cafeteria and got her and brought her out to the book fair to eat lunch out there. I wanted to share her lunch with her but I didn't have time to go into the cafeteria and sit with her so instead I brought her to me. :-) While she was in there eating lunch one of her friends, Tess, came in. Tess is one of the twins who had a pool party back in September that Libby went to that I mentioned before. Anyway, Tess is a hoot. She is so funny. She found a book that she wanted and as she emptied out her bag of change that she brought there was a gold Presidential dollar coin in it. She handed it to Amanda (who was working the register since I was sitting over with Libby) and said, "Well I certainly can't use this...it's French or something!!" Amanda and I both started laughing. Where in the world did she get that it was French? :-) After she bought her book she was waiting for her classmate who she came with to the book fair. I looked down and noticed that her shoes were untied so I said, "Tess come here and let me tie your shoes for you." I leaned down and tied both shoes and I started to look up when I was finished and I saw a nickel and a penny centimeters from my nose. She said, "This is for tying my shoes. Thanks!" Again Amanda and I started laughing. I'm telling you, Tess is a mess! :-) I didn't take the $0.06 but if I had been paid six cents for every time I've tied a child's shoe laces in the last three years while at Libby's school I'd be a rich woman! It seems I'm always on the ground tying someone's shoe laces! :-)

After school Libby and I came home for 10 minutes which was just long enough for Libby to change because she started her art lessons again today. After her art lesson we went over to see her 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Whitehead. Libby absolutely adores Mrs. Whitehead and misses her dearly so we had to go pay her a visit. We talked with her for about half an hour and then had to get going to head back home.

After we got home we ate a quick dinner and then it was time for us to head to the softball field because Ryan had a game tonight. The game was a blow-out...his team won 15-0!

Oh, by the way, Tanja - in response to your comment on my blog from yesterday: The last two days that I've worked the book fair I've taken in a few one dollar bills and a bag of change and if a child is trying to buy a book (and like you said, it happens nearly every time that they have a book that is marked $19.95 and they dump out $1.57 in change on the counter!) I take them over to the $2 books and help them find a book that they like. Then I pay the difference for them because I'm all about helping children get books. BUT, if they bring over bendy pencils, scented erasers, and other junk I turn them away right away and tell them that they just don't have enough money. I'll help buy books but I won't help buy junk! :-)