TIME OUT

Come this Friday is my actual day to volunteer in Mimi's class. Due to the fact that our good friend Maggi is coming up to Portland, we are going on a mini vacation to go down to see her. We will be leaving on Thursday night and come back home on Sunday evening. We are also planning to see dad's old schoolboy chum Tom and his family also. Because of our last minute outing, I had to find another mom to trade with. As it turns out, today was Keri's turn but little Bailey was giving her a hard time and she asked to trade days with me. Woo Hoo I said. So I went back to school to volunteer at the end of Mimi's class.

Of course Mimi was quite pleased to see me and so were her friends Halliwell and Zoe. Both of the girls always gives me hugs when I see them. They are just the sweetest little things. It's kinda fun doing things for the teacher in the back room while listening to the kids do their work. Next thing I knew it was recess. It was snowing in droves but still the kids were allowed to play outside as long as they were bundled up. There were a few who chose to stay indoors though. Mimi of course chose outside. I then went to see how she plays with her classmates and to my surprise I found her sitting on the bench with a long, sad face. We went inside to have a talk. What Mimi had said to me was that she caught another girl by the name of Hannah, choking Zoe and Mimi went to pull her off Zoe. All the recess teacher saw was Mimi pulling Hannah off of Zoe and put Mimi in time out. I then told Mimi to talk with her teacher who in turn had her talk with the recess teacher. Mimi then very proudly came back into the classroom to tell me that she told the truth. As soon as the kids came back in from recess, I could hear the teacher talking to the kids about this particular incident and how important that it is to keep one's hand to themselves. I guess you could consider this one of life's little lessons. Of course I had to share this story with Shelley. I believe that every mom is the heart of their home and this is the kind of thing that I would like to know in case someone was trying to choke Mimi even if it was "just playing" as Zoe told me after school.