What X. Wrote...

We interrupt Brian's blog for more information on his little brother.

This state has some strange laws around daycare, and one of them is that if they give juice, it has to be full strength, not diluted, even if it's at Mom's request. Given that, X is not allowed to have juice at school.

The other day, he was having a hard time with this particular rule, probably because he saw someone else get juice and not him. He proceeded to throw a fit, and one of his teachers, quite brilliantly asked him if it would help if they wrote a note to me to tell me what he was upset about. He helped dictate a note to me which read:

"Dear Mom, X. wants juice at school."

While getting a note like that from my 2.5 year old is amusing under any circumstances, I found it especially so given the report that he calmed down right after they wrote the note and promised that I would get it.

I love that he can express himself, and that the teachers help him to do so in a way that calmed him down and gave him some power in the situation.

He's still not getting juice at school.