So, I went to lunch today with my great friend and partner in pregnancy, Meredith Alexander. She delivered her little boy about 3 weeks after Tate was born. We worked out together and had our big boys play together that whole time, and have continued on working out and being great friends since then. She's an amazing woman with 3 boys and a good example to me!! Anyway, we decided to meet at Chick-fil-a for lunch today, to let Josiah and Everett play together while she and I had a chance to catch up.
While we're sitting there, I hear Ev cry out. It's a painful cry, so I go grab him from the playground. He has 3 huge scratches on his face. I asked him what happened and he told me that the big boy hit him.
*INSERT MOMMA BEAR COMMENTS HERE* I was really, really unhappy, and the mother of said big boy didn't do a thing about it. Stuff like that makes me angry at the mom...sometimes kids don't know how to control themselves, but moms should always step in when their kids are being violent towards someone else. Granted, the kid was about 7 and Ev is still only 3...but Ev was probably as big or bigger in size.
Anyhow, I asked Ev if he was OK, and he said he was. Then I asked him if he hit the boy back. And he said that he hadn't. I asked him what he did and he said, "We don't hit." WOOHOOOOO!!
Ok, so honestly, there's about 1/32 of me that wished he'd smacked the kid in the head, but I'm so glad he didn't. He took the high road for a 3 year old and did a great job when faced with a hard situation. I'm SO proud of him!!
And yeah, he got ice cream as a reward for doing the right thing. :D
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Good for Everett. May his numbers increase in a world where 'Do unto others before they do unto you' seems to be the norm. I just now read the one about his singing Jesus Loves Me to his teddy bear. That is neat!
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