Bad Boy Drew (wink wink)

Drew got in trouble at school again today. This is the second time in the last two weeks.

When I picked him up from school I asked if he got a sticker (stickers are put on the calendar date in their folder for each day if they had a good day, otherwise a note is written in the box)? His response was, "I don't want to talk about it."

I asked him again. Silence.

I told him either he could tell me himself or I could read the note from his teacher. Drew softly told me that he and Jack had to sit on the bench because they didn't stop talking when Ms. L told them too. I began to have a mother/son chat with the boy about where certain behaviors are expected, and how rowdy play is for home, not school. Apparently Drew didn't like my tone because he said, "I don't like when you talk to me in your serious voice."

Once at home Drew asked how much longer until Jack was coming over to play? * When I explained to Drew that he would not be playing with Jack today due to the school incident he told me, "you're not very nice these days!"

And finally when I explained to Drew that when you get in trouble at school, you not only get in trouble at school, but at home as well he told me, "I don't like how your brain thinks!"

I don't know what it is about that kid, through it all I never got mad or lost my cool...I just kept thinking how much I adore him! He screamed, yelled, kicked, threw things, and was just play rotten and all I kept thinking was how my parenting was going to make him better in the long run. Gotta stick to your guns even when they are in preschool :)


*Jack lives 4 doors away and Drew and Jack seem to play daily! Many days I pick up both boys from school and bring them back home with me while Jack's mom stays at the preschool for meetings (she is a teacher).

**Now being one day later I got a note home today saying how much better both he and Jack behaved today. One day at a time, baby!