Getting picked on at daycare....Tayshaun was trying to talk me into switching to another daycare we'd visited in August. So I finally just asked him...what the heck? So he admitted that there were a few older boys in the morning that had been picking on him....lying to the teacher and saying that Tayshaun was picking on some other kid; trying to kick his chair out from under him, etc, etc. So I told him that he better not let the boys get away with the teasing and lying. He needed to tell them to stop kicking his chair. And that he needed to tell the boys to pick on someone their own size. I asked him not to act like he's afraid of the boys. I told him I'd have a talk with the teacher but he didn't want me to address it. It's been a month and he hasn't complained about them since so either those boys are back on-track at school or he handled it.
While volunteering in his class....Tayshaun says the Pledge of Allegiance, the loudest. He sings every word of the Star Spangled Banner. I had no idea he knew the Star Spangled Banner. At recess and while playing, all the kids yell out "Julie...Marianni", "Julie....Marianni", individually and throughout the entire recess...like when you hear kids shout out "Marco...Polo", "Marco....Polo" at the swimming pool. Funny thing is, Julie Marianni is an actual student in Tayshaun's kindergarten class. Even Julie shouts out "Julie....Marianni" during recess. I can truly say that ALL 5 and 6 year olds are creepy, cry-babyish, sassy, curious, independent, blah blah blah. My son's not the only creepy 6 year old. The girls are as horrible as the boys. There's still hope for my son. :-)
Parent Teacher Conference.....right on track; no complaints; great student. Congratulations, my little kindergartener.
My son SNORES! No more sleeping with mommie. I've thrown out sleepovers when they snore louder than my hair-dryer! I CAN'T SLEEP WITH TAYSHAUN, THE SNORER! He doesn't believe me that he snores (except that his preschool buddies used to tease him). I don't think he believed them either. I need to video tape him...so he can HEAR for himself.
Tayshaun's first fight....on the way home from school last week, Tayshaun told me about a fist fight he had with a first grader. I asked him if the fight was just wrestling each other or if it had been an actual fight. He said, "No we were fist fighting. I made a first-grader cry." I asked him if he got in trouble or if the principal or the kid's parent(s) got mad. He said no - that they'd fought after school. I told him that he better not get in trouble or he was going to be in BIG trouble. He said, "Nah, Ma, we were just playing...you know, wrestling." I figured he was just telling stories...like he always does. This weekend, however, I was talking with Elena and she was telling me a few things about Tayshaun's visit while I was in Miami/Bahamas. She asked me if he told me about his fist fight at school. I told her he told me that he'd been wrestling the first grader. She said, "Oh No, he got in a fist fight with the kid. Keenan watched the whole thing." She said that Keenan said he'd never seen little kids fight like that - there was BAM, BAM, BAM fists a flying....by Tayshaun. I guess the first grader wasn't much of a match. Oh, Oh...I guess I'm going to have to start calling my son, MOSLEY.
My son's first accident at school....today, I picked up Tayshaun from school after a kid from his daycare pushed him from the back and Tayshaun's eyebrow met the sidewalk. He had a nickel size hemotoma on his eyebrow. After consulting with a nurse, we decided to just have him take it easy and watch him. I get to wake up every 4 hours tonight, to wake him and make sure he's talking and recognizing things around him. Probably won't be a problem waking every 4 hours ......'cause with this snoring.....HOW'S A PERSON SUPPOSED TO SLEEP. URRGGGG!
