If you read my post on the PaperLife this week, you saw these pictures showing my mischievous boys in action:
I love them! I love the joy they find in the little things. But sometimes that joyful spirit gets them in trouble. About a month ago while picking up Riley from school, his teacher said to me: “Riley is the best drummer in the grade. I would really like to let Riley do this, but the drummer is THE focal point of the entire program and I can’t let a boy who disrupts the other kids play the drum. He has one more chance.”
YEAH – oh, dear!
Well, I agreed with her – he shouldn’t be rewarded for bad behavior. But one more chance! There is an entire MONTH until the program. Can he do it!? If he wants to – he can do anything.
After much talking, hugging, talking and hugging we decided that Riley needed to start new and the best way to do that was to apologize to the kids. So, Riley and I went to the store and bought treats and decided he was going to apologize to the entire class. The next day after school I asked him if the kids liked the treats – they did. Did you apologize to the class? No. Why not? I didn’t disrupt them all. I apologized to the ones I did (fair enough). Did you apologize to your teacher? No. He went right then and spoke with his teacher.
Fast forward one month to Wednesday, and… he still has his one chance! Look at my darling little (much better behaved) drummer boy:
His teacher says we owe her a new drum because he beat this one to death!
What a fun day. He loves to sing and sang his heart out!
On a side note, I would also like to thank his teacher for conveniently placing him directly beneath a spotlight. It made getting good pictures fairly easy.
Coming tomorrow… Proud Mama part 2
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