
I showed him the “see through” monitor. He thought it was funny until I Told him I must have broken the computer. Now he *sob* can’t play his kindergarten games. My bad.
(no really, I made him cry!)
“Mom. How come when Smokey has her collar on, her hair poofs up?”
” ‘Cus her mane is growing in. We told you all about that.”
“Her mane?”
“Yea. Just like a lion… And when it is fully grown in, she will be all lion. Then she will eat deers, antelopes, people, that kind of thing”
“….. . . .really??!”
“Yes. We told you all of this. wait. Let me show you a picture”

“See. This dog’s mane is fully grown so she is all lion now.”
“But. She isn’t big enough to be a lion.”
“Well no, they don’t turn into lions. They just think they are lions and start acting like them. The dog in the picture didn’t turn yellow did it?”
” No. But…. will she really eat us?”
“Not if she can’t catch you. In the summer time we will start to train -”
“We’re gonna train her to not to eat us?”
“No, we’re going to start training you guys to run faster. If she can’t catch you sooner or later she will give up. Besides, her mane has just started to grow in, so you have lots of time to train. I wouldn’t worry too much over it.”
Kids are SO trusting.
1. My five year old, after overhearing his teacher request a janitor come to fix the sink in the kindergarten bathroom, turned off the water, took apart the pipes to get at some do-hickey, unplugged the sink, put the pipe back together and turned the water back on.
2. I did not drink any coffee - at all - today.
3. I have yet to take my ohmibod out of it’s packaging.
4. Smokey the puppy , who cannot sleep through the night, understand her tail is not some evil being hell bent on following her to the ends of the earth, and thinks humans have teh best flavor, CAN sit and shake a paw with only hand signals.
5. For the first time in my life I got called to the principals office and it wasn’t something I did! I am also not at fault for the fact he took a screwdriver to school. Nor will I accept blame that he got righty-tighty and lefty-loosey mixed up.
Good luck!