Play-Learn-Grow-Repeat

From Friday Mom – Erin:
Rory managed to pinch his finger in the door to Charlotte’s classroom yesterday morning while I was dropping them off at school. Each morning I try to drop Rory off at his classroom before heading to Charlotte’s classroom. Yet, each morning, without fail, Rory insists on joining me to “help” drop off Charlotte.

Yesterday, he decided to take a slight detour into the stroller/storage closet and picked out a fake power drill to play with. Not wanting him to bother the toddlers with his find, I asked him to please go put it away and close the door to Charlotte’s classroom so that she wouldn’t run away.

In his efforts to be a good helper, he managed to pinch the fingertip of his middle finger in the door. And then the hysterics began. Fortunately, he was fine (with the exception of some pretty nasty blood blisters).  However, the water works began, which, of course, upset Charlotte as well.  All of this was exacerbated by the fact that Charlotte’s teacher was still getting the classroom set up for the day and wasn’t quite ready for a full drop off.  So there was no one to hand Charlotte off to while I checked out her brother.

Eventually I caught Charlotte’s teacher’s attention and got an icepack placed on Rory’s hand.  More importantly, I got him to tell Charlotte that he was fine and she calmed down, too. After a few more minutes, we said goodbye to her, and I took him over to his class for some additional TLC.  His waves from the window were a little less enthusiastic, and I could tell he was still in pain, but I was also pretty sure he would buck up quickly.

Fortunately, I was correct.

From Wednesday Mom – Janelle:
We have had bad weather on Tuesdays for over a month. The rest of the week is fine but “tornado Tuesdays” are forecasted with hail, damaging winds and tornadoes, and it’s getting really old. Monday we’re enjoying beautiful, sunny, warm temperatures, and then on Tuesdays we hear tornado sirens and are hiding out in our safe spot.

The boys aren’t happy about the weird weather patterns either. They have been sent home from school early; soccer practice is cancelled; and Tate’s tennis lessons have been cancelled. Sometimes I don’t miss driving all over the place to practices, but I hate the dangers of extreme weather.

We are extremely lucky tornadoes haven’t hit us directly. Our friends, only 10 miles away, were hit hard by a tornado only a few weeks ago. Some only have to replace minor damage, but several friends are searching for a new home.

We cannot control the weather, a lesson I’m trying to teach my kids. We keep our kids informed about the dangers of tornadoes without scaring them. Jack likes to use the weather radar on his iPad to track the storms like his dad. Let’s hope next Tuesday is full of sunshine, and March goes out like a lamb.