Thursday, November 15, 2007

Gasp!

Justin ran off the school bus today as happy as a lark. Without his coat and in the rain! I had to run off to activity day at the church, so the neighbor girl down the street came over to watch the boys. Travis was in California for a few days on business and so he couldn't work from home as he usually does for me. Right as I was going out the door (and I'm late), Justin runs over and stops the door. "Wait, Mom, look what my friend gave me at school today! It's really cool!" It was a Bud Light bottle cap. Gasp!

Thoughts are screaming through my mind. I'm wondering if he even knows what it is. But 12 girls are waiting on me and I didn't have time to investigate. I told him to throw it away. "No! I'm going to put in on top of my dresser!" The best place for his favorite things. Oh, great.

Later...he told me he was digging in the playground with his friend while the others were playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I can just picture it. Justin doesn't like to play fight. I wonder where he gets that. Anyway, whala, they are digging and find a treasure. So innocent and I'm jumping to conclusions. I explained to him that the cap is garbage and that it came from a beer bottle that isn't allowed on the school grounds. He learned that it would be a good idea to just point it out to a teacher next time instead of picking it up and bringing it home.

One more story from last week...Justin came home from school and told me that there was a big kid who said something silly on the bus. I thought he was going to say that some big kid said something mean to him. He told me that the big kid told him that he thought Justin was a cool name. His little friend immediately asked the big kid if his name was cool, too. The big kid said, "pretty cool." Justin said, "Thanks, Mom, for naming me Justin so that big kid could say it's a cool name!"

2 comments:

Pike's Place said...

I'm always so nervous when I think of Jayce going out into the big world of kindergarten. I can see me gasping just as you did in regards to the beer bottle top. Thank goodness it was so innocent. Sounds like Justin's doing just fine!

Jeri said...

I can just picture him finding the "treasure"! I remember finding a highlight once, and thinking it was a treasure too.