Wow @ My Kiddo

November 4, 2008 at 8:20 pm · Comments (2)
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This evening while we were on our way to get dinner, my son started talking about the presidential hopefuls. Well, they are still currently hopefuls, right? Anyway, I was really surprised that he knew so much. Eric says if he was old enough to vote that he would vote for McCain and says he wants McCain to be our next president. Although I do not agree with him, I let him have his own opinions, and apparently he has based his opinions on facts that he has read about, seen on television and learned at school. Anyway, he taught me a thing or two, that’s for sure. For example I did not actually know that California had 55 electoral votes. For 8 years old, he’s pretty damn smart.

My son also told me that today all of the students got to go and do a mini vote in school. He said that he, of course, voted for John McCain and that McCain got 169 votes. Obama got well over 500 he said. He wasn’t thrilled, but if that’s any indication, then yay.

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Quick Update

November 3, 2008 at 1:44 pm · Comments (2)
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I meant to write about what we did on Halloween, but then time just flew by and I didn’t get to it. I’m a bad blogger!

Well anyway, Eric had fun at the party and my mom bought him a cup with a skull on it and filled it with candy. He dressed as Darth Vader, but my absent minded self forgot to take pics. It’s ok, I took pics of him last year and he was the same thing. I did remember to get a picture of his pumpkin that he got from The Oil Ranch. So as promised, here’s the pumpkin. He carved it himself.

(Sorry it came out so small, I had my camera phone settings messed up.)

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A 5th Grader Jacked My Child’s Cell Phone

October 18, 2008 at 12:38 am · Comments (7)
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Yesterday morning I’m sitting in my car and my cell phone rings. The display is lit up with “Eric”, and I’m wondering why in the world my son is calling me from school. But when I answer, I find that it’s my son’s elementary school principal asking if I am the mother of the person who owns the cell phone and what school does he go to. This has me a little concerned. He explains that the phone was confiscated from a 5th grade girl who was caught playing with it in the bathroom. She was standing in front of the mirror taking pictures of herself! She said some boy on her bus gave her the phone. The principal called Eric into his office to find out what was going on, and Eric had no idea that his phone was even missing from his backpack. Apparently the girl just jacked it on the bus when he wasn’t looking. Thank goodness the little thief was caught playing with it, or we may have never gotten it back. I had to go pick it up from the school, though.. some weird rule they have.

Anyway, the whole situation disturbs me on many levels. Namely, this little girl’s parents are raising a kleptomaniac, apparently. Another thing is, is my child just that oblivious to what’s going on around him that he doesn’t notice some kid taking the cell phone out of it’s little holster that is connected to his backpack? I guess though, if you are on a bus with a bunch of rowdy kids and some sneaky little klepto is slyly trying to jack you, you might not notice. >;[

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