Friday morning I dropped Kiernan off at school and had my first day with Megan alone. It started out very promisingly. Kiernan was cheerful and showed Megan the front of his school. He told me about how to find his own way to his class and about getting help with directions when going up to his room.
Megan and I had doughnuts and went to the park and did our nails. I was deeply relaxed and optimistic. I started planning a big anniversary party.
Megan was particularly artistic.
About halfway through the day we got the company of Daddy back. He had a test that ended early. All was well until during Megan's nap and our lunch the phone rang.
Kiernan's teacher wanted me to hear from her before anyone else what had happened at school.
She said that Kiernan had been in an incident with someone in the cafeteria. She said that he had his hands on another student and that they had been separated. She said that he had been very upset and that afterwards he seemed recovered. She said that during math class he had once again seemed very upset. She said that while she was speaking at high volume he got upset and asked her to stop yelling at him.
The class then yelled at him to inform him that she (his teacher) was not yelling at him.
Poor Kiernan.
She was very kind and genuinely concerned for him and sorry for upsetting him. She wanted to know if he was particularly sensitive to reprimand (yes) or to loudness (yes).
I wanted to know if the hands on thing was hugging or fighting.
I may have misunderstood but I thought she indicated hugging.
When Kiernan got off school I asked him how his day was.
He said it was a bad day and that he didn't want to talk about it.
This freaked me out a bit.
I am very concerned by his desire to keep trouble to himself.
If it had not been for his teacher would I have ever known that Kiernan was warned of being put on yellow? I am not entirely sure what yellow means. She has been emailing with me and has been wonderful.
Three cheers for Mrs. Deane!
Because I go to work in the evenings on Friday I was not home when Kiernan finally felt settled enough to bring up his day. David is a great sounding board (I should know) and gave our boy a sympathetic ear. I am super relieved that Kiernan opened up unprompted.
Kiernan's version is different. He said that he was standing in line in the cafeteria and a girl pushed him. He says he became enraged and then they got separated and he got in trouble and that made him even more mad. "after that it was a bad day".
So School ended on a bit of a down note but at least he still likes it and felt ready to go back to school Monday morning.
Wish us all luck.
This weekend marks our 12th wedding anniversary.
David got me some beautiful orb knobs and handles and redid the kitchen with them. You can see here the big difference handle color makes.
Things are looking better and better. Our cheapish upgrades of paint and orbing have been so wonderfully successful. Every day we are making our house more and more our own.
Look at the finished portion of the front hall!
For our anniversary we threw a tiki party.
We spent Sunday cooking and cleaning and prepping in our party outfits.
On Monday we partied. It was so hot and muggy that the cameras fogged up.
We settled in with grass skirts and frozen drinks and Inari sushi.
There was socialization
Family feeling
The obligatory selfies and reunion pictures were had.
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