yes I have done that also, not family reunion. We had moved our 2 DGK ages 1st gr. and preschooler age from KS to live with us and the firsty day of school. I dropped her off at the school and the younger one at daycare and went to work. she wasn't suppose to go that day as they were starting them out every other day for a half of day. You know those are the risk of grandparenting in this age of rush, rush, rush. Then a couple of years ago I left the now 13 yr old younger one for soccer and took off to go pick up a dif kid and got back and his team was across town. I have been there and done that...