Chris' Frog Bog Pot Luck '07

It is getting to be that time of the year. The day care is winding down their summer program. Chris' class had a pot luck dinner. They displayed some of their art work and the kids all helped make a cake. Acacia went through this class two years ago ... I did not eat the cake then either .... Don't forget you can click on any photo to see it enlarged. You may want to do this to the cake photo at least ... you know, to see the texture and all ...

This is Chris showing us his water color art work. And his friend Tiffany behind him.
Here Chris is trying to show us his self portrait of him being a statue. His the the very top one with the green boarder.
We received no explanation for what this is.
This is Chris' centipede done is sidewalk chalk.
Just next to Chris on the table is his "city" he built with blocks of wood and 6 bottles of Elmer's glue.
Acacia helps show of this lovely wishing bowl that Chris made and painted. His is the pink and blue bowl.
This is some kind of stamped work they did. He did a great job explaining to me each step involved ... I have since forgotten ....
This is Chris and his friend Ethan, modeling the tie die shirts they made for this very special event.
Well, this is ... the cake. Even the inside of the cake is colored. Click it to see the detail. One parent did actually try the cake. The adjective used to describe the cake was ... crunchy .... MMMMMMM - pass me a piece! They are available for weddings ....

The BITE

OK - by now, most of you have already heard this story. But, it needs to be documented. The day care where the kids go to school has a policy where if your child is the victim or the assailant you receive an incident report with the pertinent info on it. Everything you need to know about what happened, except who the other child was that was involved. This you simply get from your own child. In the past, we have had some interesting ones dealing with Chris. Chris is usually the aggressor. Example ... Chris struck "a friend" with a traffic cone while playing near the dramatic play area. Or Chris hit another "friend" in the back with a hammer .... you know, stuff like this. The most recent one was a bit comical. It was bad enough as well that I received a voice mail from the teacher. Seems Chris and "a friend" were racing towards a climber. Chris won and started to climb up. By climbing up one step of the climber placed his buttocks at mouth level with said "friend" who allegedly then decided to bite Chris ... in the butt. So, through Chris' jean shorts and underwear - Chris got bit. Now, knowing Chris and his classmates I first found some humor in this. When I saw Chris I asked to see his butt. The mark that was left on his butt shocked me! I could not believe the size and color of this mark. This "friend" has some serious jaw issues. Yoli asked if we got a dog collar for this child! I think that is a great idea. Anyway, Chris could really care less and I am trying to get over it. But, I did tell Chris if this kid hits, pushes, bites.... him again that he should just hit him back. Chris looked all confused at me and said ".... but mom, Kaleb is my friend." I almost started to cry. Anyway, the next night it looked much better, but still ... a mark. Here is a photo taken Friday night ... 1+ days after the event.