School Daze

A couple of months ago, Becca was at her wits end concerning the day care where the boys were going. She had to find them a better one. She got them into a really good one in Shreveport not far from work. Colton started the week that Hunter was with me. He absolutely loves it. He calls his teacher Meemaw. (He also calls me Meemaw.) You can ask him if he likes his new school. His eyes light up, he starts jabbering, and shaking his head, "yes". Becca pulls up, he jumps out, hollers "bye Mom", and races to get a bike.

I kept telling Hunter he was going to get to start a new school when he went home. I assured him that Colton loved it, and it was going to be so much fun. I called him the end of his first week to see how much he liked it. He hated it. He did not even go the full week. Becca let him go to work with her the latter part of the week and decided to try again last Monday. They are good teachers, and his is a small class. He would just rather go to work with Becca or stay home and play. Becca left him in tears Monday and was in tears herself on her ride to work. I can relate. I remember a time when Travis had to be pried off of my leg, so I could get out the door and get to work. Tuesday was a little better. I talked to Hunter, and he told me some of the stuff he had colored that day.

Wednesday night Becca called me laughing. Hunter had whined a little Wednesday, but got out of the car and went in ok. There are only six kids in Hunter's class. They are all blond headed, four year old boys. Wednesday they combined a girl's class with the boy's class. When Becca went in to get Hunter, she didn't see him; and he didn't come running to her. She asked the teacher where he was. The teacher told her to look over in the corner. Hunter looked up, saw his Mom, and started waving her away. (The way he does when he wants you to go away, or he doesn't want to go do what you want him to.) He told his Mom he wasn't ready to go home yet. He had put on a policeman's shirt and hat; and he was serving the girls food and drink from the play kitchen. A lady's man at the age of four!

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