Levi had a funny day yesterday. He spent the first two hours of Sunday morning begging me to go to Ruby's place. After finally giving in and taking him to Ruby's house, he freaked out and didn't want to stay. I have no idea what his problem was. Still don't! He cried and didn't want me to leave.
Now, I would have understood if this was the first time he had been to Ruby's house (Nope, every month or so).
I would have understood if he had not been left at a friend's house without me before (Nope, since he was about 3).
I would understand if he was still sick (Nope been well since Tuesday!)
I knew that if I could peel his hands from my legs and escape out the door, he would be fine about a nanosecond after the door closed behind me. Ian (Ruby's Dad) was great and spent the time thinking up things that would be really fun to do after I managed the hand peel. I wasn't going to give in, because little Ruby was so excited to have him again and for such a little thing, I wasn't going to disappoint her. Finally he went to watch 'Karate Kid' (the bribe that worked) and I went shopping. I texted Ian to see how Levi was doing .... of course .... fine as soon as I walked out the door. I just don't know what's going on in that kid's mind sometimes.
Today we had a whole day of Professional Development talking about play. It drives me nuts to have to sit in a seat for a whole day. It does my head in! I can do about 2 hours absolutely tops before I just lose track. One of the things that I thought was interesting in the presentation was the first statement:
'We are all born with the same abilities and then we build on them"
Maybe in their world. In my world, some babies can't lift their heads or swallow when they are born. In my world, some kids are born with abilities, build on them for a bit and then crushingly slowly lose those very abilities. In my world, some babies can't see or hear. For them all I will keep getting up in the morning and trying my utmost to make their time on earth, regardless of how long that is!
I'm glad I didn't hear that guy say that particular statement because I would have snorted out loud & then introduced him to my son & asked him why he is dying when other 5 year olds are running, riding bikes, swimming, laughing & learning to read. What a moronic thing for some 'professional' to say!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to get out and shop alone & that Ian was so helpful in enabling you to "escape". :)