Christmas Tree 2008

Tried to get a picture of the tree over the weekend.
But this brat kid kept getting in my picture.

And I just decided to snap him being ridiculously funny instead of just my stupid tree.
He had commentary for each of his stupid poses.
No, really!

"So you call this a Christmas tree, eh?"

"I like your balls...(laughing) I said balls."
I laughed too, of course.
"I wub you Christmas tree."
And finally when he was done with his antics, he stepped away to let me take a picture of the tree...or so I thought.

These are probably easier pictures to scrap than just the tree and (god forbid) if he ever loses his silliness, it will be nice to look back and remember these goofier times.

Thanks everyone for the advice/support about the school crap.

Max was super mad when he heard that mom couldn't fix it but we had a good talk about letting things go and not letting little things eat at ya.

I'm not good at that whole "letting go" thing either.

And we talked about being Proactive about the whole thing and how it takes a bigger person to try and make a change than just sit back and complain.

He liked that, he's all about injustice and righting the wrongs of the world.

So, that's our new cause.

Getting that whole perfect attendance thing changed because let's face it, the word "perfect" isn't really something I want thrown around in my kid's school anyway.

And penalizing kids for illness, family deaths or doctor's appointments wasn't the goal of this whole award thing to begin with.

So, they should change it and I love the idea of exemplary attendance. (I love this idea Denise!)

And that will be were we will devote our energy, in changing things and learning school policy and not in dwelling on this current year.

And lucky for me, attendance is not as big a thing this year as it will be next year when it counts toward our score for getting into our Selective Enrollment High School.