Trip to the Zoo

For whatever reason E has been begging to go to the zoo. Lately, with sub zero windchills, that's been a really bad idea, but last Sunday it was nice enough that we went. ( Nice is relative, I guess ). The Zoo has their "Frozentoezen" deal going on in February. So we weren't the only crazy people there.



On a not so lighter note, I volunteered in M's class on Friday, and when I walked into the main office to sign in, found H sitting there all teary eyed. And another kid named Zane also sitting there. With a bloody nose. From my son. Seems that Zane and some other kids were calling H names, and H finally had enough and pushed Zane to the ground, which caused the bloody nose. There is a discrepency as to whether or not perhaps Zane pushed H first, but by most accounts H did the inital pushing. So I , in my naivete', finished up with what I had to do in M's class and went back to the office to talk to the principal and calm H down. Both boys were still in her office, along with a couple of witnesses, so I continued to wait. 45 minutes later, she finally called me back in her office. I really genuinely thought that we would have a nice chat about the incident, H would get a stern warning or maybe a detention. HA HA HA. He got suspended. SUSPENDED!!!! In this day and age of Zero Tolerance, there is no warning system whatsoever. Just suspension. She did let me know that it was supposed to be for three days, and she knocked it down to one. So he is home with me today, very remorseful, very sad, very upset to see the bus come pick up his brother and not him. Those of you that know him know what a great kid he is, this day is killing him. But I think he has learned his lesson.