Kids can get riled up about the most random stuff. Here’s the scene in our house a couple weeks ago:
I was sitting on the couch reading when I suddenly heard crying coming from my stepson’s room upstairs.
Mommy was nearby so she was first on the scene. From what I gathered through the tears and mumbling IM had forgotten a textbook in his dad’s car when we picked him up earlier and was upset because he had 2 chapters left to read for school the next day.
Waiting until the last minute to do homework is a topic for another day.
If it were me I’d probably have snickered with devious joy at the opportunity to dodge homework with such a perfect excuse. The next morning I would’ve delivered a gut-wrenching performance to the teacher on the trials of having stepparents that undoubtedly would leave her in a puddle of tears.
Unfortunately, my acting skills aren’t that good and I’m not in 4th grade.
