back to school night

Like so many things in our parenting lives, back to school night turned into a divide and conquer affair, with me taking Freyja to her thing, and Mark going with Maxwell to the band orientation.  I never know quite what to do at these things, it isn't like you can really talk to the teacher and the other parents are always busy herding their own children around, so talking to them is out too.  I wound up talking to a parent from my preschool.  Thank goodness she was there, or I would have been lost.