Franklin started preschool but you knew that already. His teacher is wonderful and he really loves going. Miss Sue has a board with some apples (paper cut out apples) on it and if you aren't listening, biting, saying bad words or overall just being a bad kid you get an apple taken away. Frank has been to preschool about 10 times and lost ALMOST all of his apple at least 5 times. This, people, gives me ANXIETY! It also moves Franklin to tears! I don't know how to fix the problem or help him more to understand that he has to listen when the teacher asked him to do something and he can't say BAD WORDS! Oh yes one day on his apple paper was written
saying bad words! Don't worry I checked with Miss Sue and the bad words weren't any of the ones you are thinking right now in your head. Mostly it was NO, I don't want to and other crappy stuff like that.
Why as parents to we take this stuff so personally. When Franklin loses an apple I take it as a direct reflection on my parenting but the truth is he's a kid and he's learning. This is the first classroom Frank has been in the first teacher he has had to listen to. I'm glad he has somewhere to go and learn amazing things from a super nice teacher but this apple buisness is killing me!
I'm sure your all thinking hmmmm looks like the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree and you'd be RIGHT!
This is Frank at McDonalds after coming home with all his apples still on the tree! Did you know you could get fancy face painting at MICKEY D's? Well you can!
Addy as a beautiful butterfly! She always keeps her apple but that is only cause she doesn't go to preschool. I'm pretty sure if she did she would be appleless this girl is a handful! Also she is grace!
Love you Frank and Addy
