bully

The kids are all in the bath because... well, they were dirty and... well, I wanted a break from them. I have an RS meeting tonight (making 72 hour kits) and was hoping Aaron would be home in time to do the dinner routine. If I make it on my night "off" he should at least dish it out, dontcha think? Anyway, I called him to see if he was on his way home and he said that he was able to leave work early. Before I had a chance to celebrate, he told me that he left work early so that he could donate blood. What the? My only response was, "Why can't you stop being so charitable to total strangers and start serving ME?" It's all about me, you know. But that's not why I'm blogging. At least not tonight, anyway.

Today I took the kids into their future elementary school. Yes, next year BL&Z will be attending public school. We are all happy about it. Even me because I am an optimist. We went in to pick up a few registration papers and talk with Ben & Luke's teacher, they will be in the same class. While we were in the office another mother came in and started talking to my kids, mostly Zack. He was being friendly and telling her all about our family. "these are my brothers, our baby is crazy, but he won't be the baby for very long because my mom has another baby in her tummy..." she seemed to enjoy the conversation. When he explained that he will be in Kindergarten next year, she told him that she has a daughter that will be in his class.. and that her daughter is super friendly too. And then she said, "My daughter talks SO much, she might even beat you at it." We said our goodbyes and headed out to the park, which is just a few steps away from the school. While sitting on the bench reading a book, Zack came to sit by me. I asked him if he's excited about going to school next year. He said "sort of" which took me by surprise. Sort of from an enthusiastic child like Zack means HECK NO. When I asked him what was wrong he said, "Well, it's just that I think there's a girl in my class who's gonna beat me up."

In the next few months, I will teach him how to throw a mean punch just in case there are any (girl) bullies on the playground.... More on school later.