What's Up?

Too much around here, which explains why it's been forever since I've posted. Between football practice, football games and ballet lessons, there's not a whole lot of spare time. I have pics I'll post later.

I got a call a few weeks ago from Mason's teacher. She was concerned because Mason was having stomach aches during school and she didn't know what to do with him. She explained that she had sent him to the nurse's office, let him use the restroom
(TMI), let him walk around the room, and nothing helped. She thought perhaps that he should change what he ate for breakfast. After asking a few questions, I figured out that these " stomachaches" start right before math class, around 10:30, and right before recess they magically go away. So I kindly let the teacher know that Mason's stomach hurt because MATH doesn't agree with him, not his breakfast. Howie and I had a little talk with Mason about how his behavior disrupted the rest of the class, and amazingly he hasn't had a stomachache since.

Mason asked me the other morning "Mom, if you get a scholarship to a college do you HAVE to go there? " I was a little puzzled at why he would think to ask this, but responded that No, you didn't have to go to that school, but that college cost a lot of money, and it would be a shame to waste a scholarship. He looked a little troubled by that answer, but went on to catch the bus.
When he got off the bus that day, he asked the same question, and I gave the same answer. He then clarified his question . He asked " But Mom, if I got a scholarship to Michigan, would I HAVE to go there?". The look of relief on his face when I told him we would make an exception to a scholarship at Michigan was priceless!