Brotherly Love~We Must Be Doing Something Right

Last night Patrick slept over a friend's house. He left from baseball, went out to eat with his friend and then back to his friend's house for the night. When Sean realized what was going on I saw his demeanor change immediately. He seemed sad, so I asked. He told me he wasn't sad that he was happy. I let it drop. We drove home and out of the blue Sean said to me "how am I supposed to get to sleep? I fall asleep listening to Patrick reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid to me." I almost fell over while I drove! It was the sweetest thing I ever heard! When we got home I told Brian the story and then suggested to Sean that he call Patrick to say goodnight. He said no. When I insisted he admitted that he was afraid he would cry.

We had a busy day today and Patrick's friend who he stayed with was with us. Sean also had a friend with him. We went to soccer and then to the cottage with all the kids to open it. The kids all played on the beach, the boys fished, we cooked on the grille and bought ice cream. We just arrived home a short time ago. While picking up in the kitchen I heard Sean in the downstairs bathroom where Patrick was taking a shower. Again, out of the blue, he told Patrick "I missed you last night. I almost cried."

I almost cried. It was also the sweetest thing I've ever heard. We must be doing something right.

Psychotic

Ok~so in my crazy, over protective mother mode because of the whole mean kids situation, I found myself going completely psychotic! The day after a playground incident, I decided that I was going to sit in the school parking lot during recess and watch the goings on. As I drove in, recess was already underway. I immediately spotted Sean in his Red Sox shorts and blue Red Sox t-shirt and focused in. My first sighting was of Sean walking away from a kickball game with his head down looking dejected. I then realized that Patrick~who had suffered a mean kid incident the day before Sean did (albeit not on the playground)~was smack in the middle of the kickball game tossing the ball to the "kicker". I watched him as he jumped for joy when someone missed a kick or got out. I then switched my focus (now with steam coming out of my ears for Patrick's lack of concern for his dejected brother) back to Sean who was now wandering aimlessly around the playground, going from one group of kids to another seeming to try to fit in, but not fitting in anywhere. My heart broke. I called Brian and two friends and sobbed to all. I was so angry at the boy who was causing him problems. At the end of recess, I left the school parking lot heart broken and crying on the phone all the way home. I couldn't wait for school to end and called the secretary to let her know that that afternoon I would be picking the boys up from school~unable to even stand the idea of waiting another 20 minutes beyond release time to get them off the bus.

As luck would have it, Caroline, Brendan and Audrey all fell asleep at the same time and at the time I had to leave to pick up the boys. I called a good friend and asked if she would get the boys when she picked up her own kids. I now had the extra wait anyway.

Her car pulled in the driveway and I ran to greet them, excited to ask them about their days and the recess situation. I was calm and was going to address Patrick in a calm manner when I asked him why he let his brother go and wander aimlessly~obviously sadden by rejection. I turned to Sean to address him first. When I did, I immediately noticed that his shirt was brown and his shorts were khaki~not the same outfit as the boy I watched and cried over for 20 minutes. My entire demeanor changed and I asked him what he did at recess. His response~"I played kickball." I asked a few more questions about what team he was on (Patrick's) and how it went (good~no mean kid problems). I almost fell over. I was watching another boy the entire time! Goes to show what happens when you let your emotions get the best of you!

Since things have been fine. Now my only problem is who was the boy I was watching? I've been worried about him ever since I realized he wasn't Sean!

I knew it...

up thinking about the mean kids! I knew this would happen! All I can think about is my poor little guy has to go to school with these kids today and they're both in his class to boot!

I Hate Mean Kids!

I feel a little better now saying that~I just hope it helps me to not stay up all night thinking about it!

Don't Ya Love it When You Know You Have a Really Good Friend??

I have the best friend anyone could have. She is a "new" friend~as in not a high school or college friend (of which I have the best friend anyone could have from high school as well, but I'm sure I'll have a story about her another day). A friend who is always thinking of you and always says and does the right thing~even when it's not expected (not that I expect anything).

Today I started my first day as a real estate salesperson. Took the class over two months from Feb-April, finally took the test a week and a half ago and PASSED (I have another entry about that, but I haven't posted it yet because I was trying to attach pictures and link to other sites, none of which I've figured out how to do~again, a story for another day). Anyway, today I am doing "up" time in the office where I was offered a position. My oldest son had a baseball game during my time in the office, which left my hubby with the other four to entertain for an hour and a half. Of course, the other moms were wondering where I was and he told them. Most knew I had embarked on this new endeavor, but did not know I was officially starting.

Well, the person I have to say I have considered to be my bff in town for a while (is that too high schoolish) just dropped by with her three kids to bring me flowers, congratulate me and wish me good luck! She's awesome! Thinks of everyone like this and is always so encouraging and excited for anything a friend does in life. I will get lots of congrats from other wonderful friends, but this friend always goes above and beyond! Such a positive person! She just made my day! I'm so fortunate to have someone like her in my life!

I Want My Teeth Back, The Tooth Fairy is Dumber Than I Thought

Sean lost two teeth this week~one day after the other. After forgetting to put the first lost tooth under the pillow the first night, we remembered the next night when the second fell out (btw~both teeth were actually pulled out, one by me and the other by the school nurse. Never done that before, but these teeth were really holding on, wiggling and bleeding.) He actually suggested it to me and then went to the nurse for the second tooth and she suggested it to him.

So, we remembered to put them under the pillow when there were two. That night the tooth fairy left $5.00. I thought that was pretty good~$2.50/tooth. Unfortunately, Seano thinks his teeth are worth more. As in $19.00 for both teeth. Well, this wasn't happening. The fit he put up was unbelievable to me. He told me that the tooth fairy is an idiot and that he was putting the $5.00 back under his pillow for her to take so that he could have his teeth back.

Unfortunately for him, the tooth fairy doesn't have a very good memory, nor does she care very much whether or not he thought $5.00 was enough (although she was hurt that he was upset). When he woke up the next morning the money was gone (probably fell behind his bed) but the teeth were no were to be found. He came downstairs that morning and announced that "the tooth fairy is dumber than I thought. I left the $5.00 under my pillow and she took it, but did not give me my teeth back." LOL! Brian and I almost died laughing.