Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Defenders of the Chair

Samantha has been sick all weekend. The last five days included suctioning, copious amounts of Vicks vapor rub, calls to TCH and finally.....antibiotics. This morning I found her awake, smiley and significantly less snotty. Therefore, Mean Mommy packed her up and headed off to preschool.

I always worry about taking Samantha on days like this; days when she is not 100%. I weigh the pros and cons of a school day and keep my cell phone close. If she only attended on 100% days, she would be missing quite a lot of school.

So we take our chances.

I carried Samantha into the classroom and was immediately greeted by one of her friends. "Samantha! Samantha's here! Samantha!"

Wow, well that just made my day! The kiddos helped to get Samantha settled; helped with her coat....everything seemed just ducky and I got ready to go.

Samantha has a chair that we keep at school. She's getting bigger so we need to have it refitted. On my way out, I casually grabbed her chair to take it home.

Oh no.....

Samantha's friend stood in front of me, hands on his little hips, staring intently.

"That's
Samantha's chair!"

"I know Sweetie. But I need to take it home to fix it. I'll bring it back for her. Is that okay?"

He shook his head no.

"Hey!" Another little guy joined in, "That chair is for
Samantha!"

I was suddenly surrounded by tiny tikes slightly taller than my knee and very unhappy that I was taking Samantha's chair.

With a little coaxing and
a lot of promising that I would bring it back, I was allowed to leave.

Whew! Adamant three-years can be a little overwhelming!

With the events of Deer Creek fresh in my mind, I worry about Samantha protecting herself. It is wonderful to know that she has friends who come to her defense.....three year olds who come to her defense.....her mother-can't-even-get-her-chair-out-of-the-classroom defense.

I wouldn't want it any other way.

6 comments:

Heidi said...

I love this post - I love hearing about little kids and friends looking out for each other! It made me smile! :-)

ferfischer said...

Ha! Too funny! That sounds like something Max would do too! I would like to hear more about Samantha's school sometime - next supermom meeting, maybe!

Melissa Taylor said...

That's so sweet, Heather! Samantha's peeps are watching out for chair stealing mamas.

Amanda Jaksha said...

I love preschool...

breemunger said...

It's like Sam's own "Neighborhood Watch". I like it.

I read this, than moved to my sis' blog where she wrote how the kids were picking on Cooper at the bus stop. I was blind with fury.

At least there are some nice kiddos out there!

Jane Hunt said...

Hi Heather,
I found your blog through parent2parent - really enjoying your posts!
My daughter also has complex partial seizures and we're thinking of starting keto at Denver Children's too. It feels overwhelming - I would love to hear your experiences sometime if you're willing!
Thanks,
Jane

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