This morning my first grader woke up and mumbled "I don't feel like I want to go to school today. Can I stay home?""Absolutely not," I said, after asking a slew of questions about her head, throat, nose, stomach, to be sure I wasn't sending her to school while not feeling well. She affirmed everything was in place so she went to school.
When I got home from dropping her off I found the card she had made me while she was eating breakfast. On the front it said "To Mommy" and had a big heart.
Inside it looked like this:
I'll "translate": "Dear Mommy, I wold rele like you to mack me a feel better card."And so I did.
I made one for each girl because in addition to the first grader just not wanting to go, my preschooler was complaining about her stomach hurting. That ended up being because she refused to eat breakfast OR go to the bathroom. And you can be certain that a child will not stay home from school due to refusal to eat a meal or relieve herself.
