An Apology of Sorts

About a month ago, Kay-Bee decided to call his thin nursery teacher fat. I kept asking him to apologize to her so finally 2 Sundays ago he reported during Sacrament that he had finally apologized to his teacher.
This Sunday I ran into her & told her I was glad Kay-Bee had finally apologized. She gave me a funny look & then proceeded to tell me of the actual conversation that took place between her & my 2 year old son.
This was his apology:
I'm sorry I called you fat Sis. P**** but you really are fat. That's OK cause my mom is fat. I know a lot of fat people.

Lovely, just lovely. Needless to say he won't be returning to nursery. We'll be relocating him to a new nursery under an assumed name.

1st Day of Preschool

Here you are on your first day of preschool. You did pretty good considering who you have for a teacher. I know it can be a challenge when mom's in charge in the classroom. There's just no break! But you did great-except when I couldn't find you because you were hiding under your bed.

Crazy kid! Remember to listen to your teacher!

My Little Combi

It all started Sunday morning when Ja-Ja took a drink of Combi's water. I believe an "I hate you" followed by a good ol', "I'll kill you!" was thrown in the air. The 3o minutes that followed were quite torturous. Screaming, crying, kicking were the sounds burning in my ears. Combi had been sentenced to his room.... As a parent this is a very frustrating moment. Doesn't he know that if he can just stop the crazy & be calm that I would let him out? Of course, when I try to explain this, it just gets worse. As I'm trying to figure out how to rip my ears off so that I don't have to listen to this poor little boy's angry screams, a thought pops into my head. I run downstairs & grab a book called "Who's Your Hero?". I turn to the story of Alma the Younger. I grab Combi, place him on my lap & read him this story. We read about Alma the Younger & his wicked ways & how unhappy we can be when our heart is hardened. "Like me, Mom?" Combi says as he looks up at me with his big brown eyes. "Yes" I whisper & continue reading. The story continues & gets to the part where Alma's heart softens & he repairs all the damage he has done.
"So Combi what can you do to make things better?"
"Ee-pologize" he says in an apologetic voice.
"What else can we do Comb?" "I don't know".
"How about taking Ja-Ja some water?"
"OK but first I going to ee-pologize"
My eyes filled with tears & my heart felt full as I realized the presence of the Spirit in his bedroom.
He went down to the play room & "ee-pologized" & returned to bring Ja-Ja some water.
"You wanna play Bionicles, Comb?" I heard Ja-Ja call out to his brother.
As I sat on the couch & took in this wonderful moment I had just experienced, Combi runs out to me with open arms & says, "I love you Mom".