Wednesday, November 24, 2010

What's that?

On our short walk to school this morning, I heard some words uttered by my 9 year old son that I hadn't heard in quite some time.  "I can't wait to get to school."

Did you hear that?  "I can't wait" and "school" used together in the same sentence without a "get's out" qualifier.

Wow!  My mind quickly raced through the many possibilities of things that could happen at school that might elicit such a statement from a confirmed schoolaphobic.

Then there it was.  "It is so cold out here and the school is at least warm."

I had to laugh.  There had been no sudden change of heart, just the draw of the furnace.  I wrapped my arm around his shoulders while I laughed and he didn't even shrug me off he was so glad to have that small protection from the wind.

So I guess that I have to be grateful for the icy wind that was blowing this morning.  It gave me the opportunity to steal a hug from my 9 year old and thats almost as rare as a compliment for the school.

1 comment:

queenie said...

seriously love that kid. he is so funny.....even when he doesn't necessarily mean to be!