Behavior Tickets

2 weeks ago, Josh came home with a behavior ticket, again.  It said that he wasn't obeying and following the teachers instructions.  I asked him what was going on.  He told me that he couldn't find his purple book and the teacher gave him a ticket for it.  "You mean the purple book you brought home the first week of school here?"
I show him the book and he nods his head.  When he had brought it home, it had no instructions with it and Josh said that his teacher didn't say he had to bring it back.  So, he didn't.  Evidently, they have been working on this 'purple' book every other day since Josh has been in school.  He never told the teacher that he didn't have it , hence the 'not following the teacher's instructions.'  My question though is how could she have NOT noticed that he didn't have his book?  She sends home these behavior sheets telling me how he's been doing and often times she'll have tick marks showing how many times she's asked him to turn around, or to stop talking, or to start his work.  With all this time that she's spending focusing on his behavior and marking her tick marks, why did it take her 4 1/2 months to notice that he didn't have his book? Also, what in the world has he been doing since he didn't have the book?  He must have figured something out because he'll come home with all 5's for the day meaning that he was practically perfect the whole day.  I completely disagree with this ticket but with only 3 weeks of school left, I didn't think it was worth fighting.

Yesterday he handed me another behavior ticket that said he did not obey the library substitute and that he was throwing things in the library.  I asked Josh what happened.  Here's his story.
"We were suppose to be lining up but Jaden's bandanna was on the floor and I picked it up.  But it was wet so I threw it."
"Why did you throw it?  Why didn't you just drop it back on the ground?"
"I don't know.  But I WASN'T trying to get the toy off the wall."
Nice Josh. 
This ticket means that he won't be able to go swimming with his class next Wednesday for their year end activity.  Luckily, Josh said he didn't want to go anyway.  Right.

Sleeping

This morning when I woke up, Mike had already left for work and Josh was asleep in my bed.  I said my prayer and then told Josh that it was time to get up.  I went to the bathroom and came back and wasn't at all surprised to see that he hadn't moved.  I sit down by him and gently touch his arm while once again telling him it's time to wake up.  He kind of sort of thinks about waking up and so I start talking about random things, trying to find the one thing that he'll latch onto and get him to fully wake up.  When I reminded him that it was Thursday and that Lyndsey was coming over and would be here in about 20 minutes, he opens his eyes and starts talking.  I smile because Lyndsey was only the 2nd topic that I had come up with, much better than the 6 topics it took yesterday.  Out of the blue Josh looks at me and says "I'm sorry I was carried away sleeping."
"What?" I respond, very confused.
"I'm sorry if you had to ask me like 2 times to wake up.  I was just carried away sleeping and so I didn't get up."
"Oh. You got "carried away" with sleeping?  That's okay.  Thanks for apologizing."
"You're welcome." And with that, he hops out of bed without another word and goes to get ready for school.  Isn't that sweet?  How can you not forgive a kid that had NO choice in the matter?

Human Anatomy

This one is completely true but some may find it to be a little 'inappropriate.'  Continue at your own risk.

I have been babysitting my niece, Lyndsey for the past 3 months.  Josh loves her!  He loves to play with her and is sad that he has to leave her behind while he goes to school.  About a month ago, Josh just happened to be home and in the living room while I was changing Lyndsey's diaper.  I didn't think anything of it until he said "Mom, where's her penis?" I told him that girls don't have a penis, only boys do. He looks at me with a confused look and says "Are you joking me?"
"No, I'm not."
"Only boys have one?"
"Yep.  You have one because you're a boy.  Dad has one because he's a boy.  Lyndsey doesn't have one because she's a girl."
He processes this information for a second, then turning to me says "But you have one right?"
"Nope because I'm not a boy."
By this time I've already gotten Lyndsey's diaper and pants back on.  I waited to see if Josh had any other questions but he was already distracted with something else.  I suppressed a giggle as I realized that I just had an anatomy lesson with him and it wasn't even awkward.  He totally understood it and I mentally checked it off my list of 'must have' discussions.

Later that day, however, while he was doing his math homework he suddenly stopped and looked up at me.  "Mom are you serious you don't have a penis?"  Hmm.  It's a good thing that I used a mental pencil to check off my 'must have discussion' list because it looks like I have to erase that check mark. Darn.

Marriage

Last night after Josh finished saying his prayer he called to me and said "I prayed about Savannah to see if she is the one I'm going to marry.  'Cause she's a good kid."