Insults

As we enter the third week of school for the kids and the second week for Isaac, things seem to be going well for everyone!  However, today "I" am not doing "well" as I feel completely insulted by one of Isaac's teachers.  He has three teachers.  One that is there everyday of the week, another that is there on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and a third who is just there on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Well today is Tuesday.

Isaac goes to school at 9am and I pick him up at 2pm, so he is only there for 5 hours of the 12-15 hours a day he is awake.  I have expressed to them that I prefer it if Isaac does not nap because he will go to bed by 6pm if I choose, or later depending on what we are doing that night.  He is awake by 6am no matter what, many times as early as 5am, and I think it is important that he gets at least 12 hours of sleep.  He is only 3 after all and by his actions it is clear that he needs it.  Like any three year old who has been up for 10 or 11 hours, by 4 or 5 he is cranky, whiney, and at times inconsolable.

So anyway, I go to pick him up and he is sitting in a chair coloring.  I asked her if Isaac took a nap and she, with a bit of an attitude it seemed to me, said no.  Then with a lot of attitude she asked me, "When do you guys have family time if you put him to bed at 6?"  I was completely not expecting this and stumbled on my words as I told her that it is normally between 6 and 7, depending on what we are doing and that we ALWAYS have dinner together.

As I left of course I came up with better responses.  Lots of them.  Not all nice either.  But it comes down to the fact that I feel completely insulted.  She doesn't have a clue what goes on in our house so she should not assume, anything.  I understand that there are parents out there who have kids in daycare till 6 pm and the only time they have with their kid is the hour or two until bed.  I am blessed to be able to work from home and most of the time James is home as well.  IF John goes to bed at 6, that gives us 7 hours in a day for "family time".  I think that is more than most families have.  The rest of the kids are home about 3 in the afternoon.  We then have sports, activities, dinner, church, and a ton of other things we do together, plus weekends full of quality "family time".  Who is she to assume that my son is missing out on "family time" because I prefer to allow him to not have a nap so that he can get to bed at a decent time. No three year old needs to be up at 9pm.  I don't even permit my 11 year old to be up then.  She needs sleep so that she can be successful at school.



So that is my vent for the day.  In other news it is definitely fall!  Yesterday I left the house nine times.  Seriously.  Today so far it has been four.  I think I only have to leave one more time today, to go to Michelle's meet the teacher night.  We get to be middle schoolers and switch classes every seven minutes.  Yesterday was Jim's first boyscout pack meeting.  He was so excited.  This is JJ's fourth year in boyscouts and Jim has been itching to join...for all four years.  He was so adorable in his uniform last night and so PROUD to be a boyscout.