"Get your notes Mom!"

C had another day that she didn't want to go to school. I'm not sure the real reason. She said she didn't feel good, her clothes were itchy, she didn't have good socks, she doesn't like school . . . the list went on and on. I'm sure she was just tired, but my job is to get her to school, so I told her she would have to stay in her room all day if she stayed home. She was full of attitude and I wasn't very happy with her decision to stay home . . . so the feelings in our home were far from pleasant. I shut the door to shut out the very angry words she was shouting. Very soon I started to see notes being pushed under her door. They were not nice. I just took them and put them in the garbage. Then I saw a note that said "Get your notes Mom". And she read it out LOUD.

"get your knowts mom"


I told her that I was trying to be happy so I wouldn't participate in "nastiness", so a little later I got another note.

I am sory abowt all of thos hate knowts I rily Do not hate you
Love C
MWA (That's a kiss)

"That's tight!"

T uses this word a lot. It's really cute and I thought that he was just picking up on the things the big kids say. That happens when you are one of the "younger" kids. So the other day I asked him what "tight" meant. I acted like I didn't know so he would explain it really well. So he said, "it's like saying something is really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really cool. But I say tight so I don't have to say all those reallys". What a deep thought!