This is a rare moment, that is sitting still and waiting. Mind you, it was very short lived. They were told to sit still so hopefully the rabbits would come up to them. They didn’t.
JJ is not a sit down still kind of kid. Being in a classroom must be very frustrating for him because of the ants in his pants and it must be frustrating for the teacher to have to tell him to sit still.
One activity at present that’s keeping him sitting still is doing the tomboy stitch (I’ll write more about that another time). JJ calls it his knitting. Apparently he was doing his knitting at recess and lunch yesterday. This is the kid that recently got into trouble for fighting at school!
He’s full of paradoxes my boy. The other night he came home and hated life, hated himself and was lamenting the fact that he has no friends and that his one friend was mean to him that day.
Last night we sat down taking it in turns to do his knitting and he told me that he didn’t hate himself any more, but that he was pretty happy with his life. Phew!
Oh, I want to know MORE about something magical enough to turn a boy from self-hatred to acceptance.
Darn nature – why can’t they just perform as little boys would like?
The fertile minds of llittle boys are volatile Jen…up and down like roller coasters. Luckily you seem to understand this about JJ…and ride along with him beautifully. Good mum that you are.
I love the picture….looks like he’s being pretty patient.
Jen your photography, like your love for JJ, blows me away – it is so clear.
Jeanie, I don’t know that I have the magic answer, but being able to escape or sit out a bit with the tomboy stitch seems to work for him at the moment.
Joy, he was being pretty patient for a milli-second. I’d had to reiterate that they needed to sit still otherwise rabbits wouldn’t come near them. Unfortunately, the rabbits didn’t come near them anyway.
Megan, thanks again for your compliments about my photography. When JJ can read this blog I’ll show him comments like this as he sometimes says that I hate him and no matter how much I tell him that I love him very much he confuses me disciplining him with me hating him (his words).
I remember similar things with my own children many years ago. The girls have grown, the rabbits are still with us and I’m the one that feeds them and talks to them these days….
Jen, beautiful photo of the children.
I love how they are so mercurial when they are young. Every day is totally new and fresh – they truly start life anew every morning.
I envy them that 🙂
Suze, I’d never really thought about every day being a totally new one for children. I have learned as a parent that every day is a new one though.
Having worked in schools with so many boys (and a small amount of girls), it’s really great to find they still surprise me and bring a smile to my face – every single one of ’em!
Some of those lads are young men now – it still blows me away that I knew and worked with them when they were little fellas – and in my minds eye, this is what I remember most fondly!
I have two boys now – one’s two one’s five months… and I have a right proper ‘ants in your pants’ type lad, and I dread him going to school! I hope he finds that special little thing like you lad Jen… loved your yarn mate – great photo as well – Ta muchly for sharing!
cheers 😉
you are doing a great job raising JJ – boys are always at odds with their emotions and explaining themselves …
It is great JJ is getting into new tricks and stuff instead of fighting.You must be even prouder of him.
Belongum, my ants in your pants kid has trouble sitting still and conforming to the school rules which is why he’s found it so hard to settle in. He has his good days and his bad days.
Trish, luckily JJ hasn’t got into any fights since the incident last term but he still acts up a bit in the classroom. He’ll get there one day I’m sure. The ‘knitting’ has been pretty good for him.
Exquisite photo. I am trying to understand my eldest boy a bit more at the moment as he is moving through an interesting stage of his life.
Planningqueen – thanks about the photo. I think it’s part of being a parent, that is going through the ‘interesting’ stages with our kids. Some are good, some not so good.