The boys came home from school the other day and Jake said, "Parker cried twice today at school." Everyday they have to write the letter they're learning in their Froggy Journal and cut out a picture of something from a magazine that begins with the letter they're learning and put the picture in their yellow folder. Apparently Parker was having difficulty finding a picture so he got frustrated and cried and then he dropped his glue stick and cried again. The boys have been complaining about, and expressing their distaste for these activities at school.
This morning we got up and got ready for school. Jake ate half of his breakfast and then said he felt "yuck". I asked him if he felt like he was going to throw up and he said yes. I reminded him of when Parker got punished for lying about being sick because he didn't want to go to school and he said he was sure, he wasn't lying, he definitely felt like he was going to throw up. Ok fine. I kept him home after loading the car up with plastic bags and a barf bucket on the way to drop off Parker. We get back home and I ask him again, after suspecting that he's perfectly fine, if he lied to me. He said, "I was just playing a joke on you. I'm fine." Uh, what? "A joke?" He said, "I thought it would be funny." "Do you see me laughing???!!!" What the hell is going on here. He's 5. Am I screwed or what? They're just cutting out and writing letters now and they're already protesting. I can't wait for long division and science projects and book reports...should be a jolly good time!
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