Trouble

Our little Tster got what amounted to his first note home from the teacher. He got sent to timeout three times in his preschool class on Tuesday. It's only a 2 1/2 hour class. The teacher told my mom (who takes and picks him up) that he was just running around and not listening. (Which is what he's been doing at home a lot lately also.)

We asked him why he got in trouble and after denying that he did anything at all for about 20 minutes, he offered an explanation that i don't fully understand. Apparently, the whale was going to slow for the Pirate ship and that was causing problems, so he got sent to timeout. I don't know why the pirate ship was chasing the whale at all, to be honest. Unless Ahab was the captain.

Also, it's unclear to me in what waters this pirate ship was sailing. As it was explained to me besides the whale being to slow, the pirate ship kept running it over. So it seems that this whale was just hanging out in the ocean, then this massive pirate ship comes flying towards it, runs it over, realizes that it hit something, flips around and runs it over again. Maybe it was just a whale watching trip gone bad. Who can say? Certainly not our boy, who is sticking by that story. So maybe there's some truth in it somewhere. Maybe the whale is some other kid, and the pirate ship was T on a trike. It would certainly seem possible, and to be honest, kinda funny. This kid lying on the ground while T runs him over on a trike again and again, screaming "C'mon whale! Move! I'm sick of my ship getting dings because of your lack of swimming skills!"

Well, maybe not funny...for the kid on the ground. Also, just so you know, I'm not raising a bully. Bullying is bad. I'm raising a kid who will be able to take care of himself. And if that includes using funds from other kids to get his milk because his parents forgot to give it to him that morning? Well, then that's what has to happen.

And for those bleeding hearts out there who believe all creatures are wonderful and lovely and we should save the spotted mini toad in southern Bolivia, I'm kidding. He's not a bully, and he's actually very polite, asking "May I" and says "Please" and "Thank you." He also gets mad when he says "thank you" and you don't say "you're welcome." He'll yell at you, saying "I SAID, 'THANK YOU'!" until you say 'welcome'.

So to all whales out there, watch out for those pirate ships, and today when I get home, I hope you weren't massacred at the hands of my 4 year old.