Oh, just stomp on my heart already
Posted by: LizzieWe’re rounding out the second week of school in these parts and the magic of Pre-K is starting to fade for Simon. The first week was very exciting as he got to experience riding the bus, getting pizza on Friday, and eating cookies at snack time. This week, however, it has been difficult to wake him in the mornings. He went from leaping out of bed to screaming at Aiden for looking at him during breakfast.
In our family, we have a “no video games” policy on school days with the exception of Fridays–if their chores are done & rooms are clean. So when I woke Simon this morning, I tried to cheer him up by telling him that it was Friday.
“You can play video games today! And it’s pizza day at school!”
What Simon failed to understand was that the video games were not going to be played until he got home from school. This set him off for about fifteen minutes and then he decided that he didn’t want to go to school at all. I’m guessing that he thought if we just stayed home he would get to play all day.
He tried everything in his power to convince me he didn’t need to go to school. Finally, while reluctantly putting on his shoes, he looked at me with big puppy-dog eyes and said,
“But Mommy, I’m going to miss you.”
Nice try, dear. You’re still going to school.
Tags: family life, school, simon
August 20th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
oh my, that boy is just too clever!
August 20th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
So funny!
He’s testing his boundaries already.
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