Bad Witness
Posted: March 4th, 2009 | Author: kristen from motherload | Filed under: Miss Kate | 1 Comment »When I picked Kate up from preschool yesterday, here’s the conversation we had:
Me: “How was school today?”
Kate: [silent]
Me: “It’s bad manners to not respond when someone asks you something, you know.”
Kate: “It was good.”
Me: “What did you do?”
Kate: “We did a lot a lot a lot of things.”
Me: “Did you play outside?”
Kate: “Yes.”
Me: “You did? I’m surprised since it’s raining so hard. You really played outside today?”
Kate: “No! Yes… No!”
Me: “What is it? Did you play outside?”
Kate: “No. Yes! Yes!”
Me: “Who did you play with today?”
Kate: “No one. I played by myself.”
Me: “Why?”
Kate: “I wanted to.”
Me: “Oh, that’s good. It’s nice to play alone sometimes.”
Kate: “I’m mad at everyone.”
Me: “Why?”
Kate: “I had a rough day.”
Me: “You did? I’m sorry to hear that. Who said that?”
Kate: [whispering] “Me.”
Me: “Why did you have a rough day?”
Kate: [still whispering] “Everybody ate me.”
Me: “Oh.”
Kate: [still whispering] “And then Batman came.”
That is awesome. And so true. I love the response about rain -I think Will and I did that several times this week. No, yes, I mean no. (aka, give me some space, woman.)