So, I walk into the cafeteria, Gidzilla in hand, and as usual, they run toward each other and hug. Gideon looks up at me and asks “Can I go see his fends?” I said yeah, as this will give me a moment to talk to his teacher. When I get next to her she says “We’re having a bit of trouble with him getting his work done in time. He’s trying to get it perfect, which is good, but he needs to speed up a bit.” Really,” I ask. She says” yes, he worked through reading group and recess today.” I said ok and that I’ll talk to him.When I get to the car, I have a little talk with him about getting his work done in time and his reply is “She told us not to scwibble and if I can’t scwibble, I can’t get it done.”
After that conversation, He told me about their fire drill. He said, “Today, after recess while we were getting a drink, even though I didn’t get a drink, we had a fire drill.” Really?
Yes, they told us some stuff too, Code Brown is for earthquake, which we probably never have. Code Yellow is for a Tornado, and Code Red is for Fire. Did you get all them daddy, tell me what they are.”
So I repeat them back and he then repeats them back to me finishing with “There, that way you know what they are.”
On way home, I hear from the back seat, Gideon asking, “ What center you do today?”
X reply, “Guess.”
Gideon, “ummmmm. wet me fink… pewtures?”
X, “Wow Giddy, you’re psychic. I did do computers today. Awesome!”
When we got home he got really excited and said, “GUESS WHAT I GOT TO DO TODAY?!? PICK FROM THE TREASURE BOOOOOXXXXX!” His voice went up three octaves as the word box becomes the final note in a song.
He got to pick a silly straw from the treasure box. and was just too excited to live.
