Worst Dad Ever

I have been told by Andy several times that I am the worst dad ever.  Usually it is because I make him do homework or won't let him stay home from school.  Sometimes I won't let him have Pop Tarts at 9 o'clock at night.  No matter how small the infraction of his desires may be it seems worthy of Worst Dad Ever status.  Today however, I may have legitimately achieved Worst Dad Ever status. 

The First Grade program was today.  I planned to be there and while walking Andy to school had to tell him that I couldn't stay at school with him all day but that I would come at 2 o'clock for the program.  That in and of itself earned me Worst Dad Ever status in Andy's mind and getting him into the school and to class became a major struggle.  Anyhow, with the help of his teacher he managed to get over it and get gong on his day. 

What was my horror when I looked at the clock to discover it was after 3 and realized that I had completely missed the program.  It was one of those days at work, busy.  I was shocked when I saw the time and then I felt absolutely terrible.  I thought about Andy looking for me and not finding me.  Thought about him having to stay at school while the other kids went home with their parents.  Thought maybe he cried a little bit and was upset.  I was pretty upset about it, just felt sick and sad.  Instead of having my 6 year old brand me Worst Dad Ever I branded myself. 

Natty had a band concert and so I picked up both Natty and Andy and drove them up to the middle school.  After dropping Natty off Andy and I drove to the bank to take care of some work related stuff before the concert started.  I asked Andy about the program and he let me know he was upset that I wasn't there.  Ultimately he handled it okay and we planned a Dad and Andy date to go out and get some ice cream.  That should be fun. 

The band concert went well and Andy was pretty forgiving.  Very thankful for that.