Partner...I will have to admit I couldn't wait until tomorrow morning to check my progress, so I cheated and had to check today! If the day goes as planned, should be a GREAT first week start!
To all teachers out there, WARNING! PLEASE do not have a classroom PET, AKA Cookie, the Guinea pig and promote that students can take Cookie home for the weekend, without ANY type of notification/communication sent home to the parents prior to having children show up after school with Cookie in tow!
A few weeks ago, in order to RAISE funds to buy Cookie the appropriate traveling supplies, kids were asked to bring in empty pop cans to 'donate' to the fund! This information was transmitted by Madison asking if she could bring in our LARGE can shed box full of 'all types of cans' to contribute to the Cookie fund. I envisioned Madison with a LARGE CLEAR, plastic bag slung over her shoulder, dragging on the ground sporting Bud Light, Miller Light, Coke, and Diet Coke haulin her 'cans' to school. We VETOED that bill, stating that if she wanted to sort through the cans, she could bring in a few POP cans in a small, plastic bag.
We also shared some concern about having a Guinea pig in the house visiting a dog and a cat, which could be cause for trouble. We in fact, feared for Cookie's life. We were quickly reassured that Cookie would spend the entire weekend in a cage on the top of Madison's dresser. RIGHT?? AND Riley spending the entire weekend salivating at a closed door, just waiting for the open opportunity to investigate the contents inside!
AGAIN without any communication from Mrs. McNeal, apparently Cookie has had a few trips over the past few weeks; Milo was picking Madison up from school yesterday (I was still painting). He was approached with a tap on the window (he was on a business call) to hurry up and roll the window down. Madison was asking to bring Cookie home! Milo was on the phone and progressing through the pick up line, which really has no room for slow, delayed cars, so obviously, the answer was 'no and get in the car.'
Madison's hopes and dreams were destroyed and IMMEDIATELY dam broke! The crying, screaming, and carrying on prompted an immediate disconnect of the phone call and the antics continued for another 40 minutes! So intense that when I arrived home 30 minutes into the 'scene', Kennedy was laughing hysterically on the couch, indicating that I had just missed WW III.
Remember the story long ago, with Milo and Madison duking it out in the car in front of Kennedy and I on the way back to Sanborn. Milo was trying to enforce a punishment to Madison, running around the car and Madison proceeded to lock him out 3 out of the 4 attempts. I would suspect that this was a similar reenactment!
So TO ALL TEACHERS IN AMERICA....please do not promote sending the LIVE class pet home for the weekend, without proper parent to teacher communication AND parent approval!
Off for more painting and sewing for the weekend!
Hugs to a Healthy Living Weekend!
Jill
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