This morning, I suggested to McKay that he sit and color next to me while I worked on some student essays. The problem arose when he couldn't just color whatever was in the coloring book. He wanted a cow. With horns. "Mommy, find me one." I couldn't find one. "Find a horse, Mama." I found a funny-looking cartoonish horse. "No, Mama, a Spirit horse." You know, like the one in the movie Spirit. So I jumped online and found a coloring page and using my very cool wireless printer connection (working from home has some advantages), I printed the page. But the paper didn't come out quite right and the horse's head didn't print. "No! I want a head!"
At this point, I am at my wits end and the next think I do is lock myself in my bedroom. Except I can't lock the door because the door technically doesn't shut all the way and because it's a rental I don't normally care, but today I care because there was nowhere to go to escape the little boy who wanted a Spirit horse with a head!
Now that I am breathing normal again (and have at least one essay under me belt), here's a reminder for me why I stay home and don't go out in the world to find a job.....yet.
By the way, that's a flaming basketball on his cheek. Face paint from the street fair.
2 comments:
oh Trulee! You are so funny!! It makes me feel better about myself to read your funny stories!
i will gladly take that little boy off your hands, any day of the week! :)
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