Bryce Gets Suspended?!?

I had a voicemail as I was leaving work the other day asking me to call the boys’ school. I figured maybe one of them was sick and needed me to pick him up? 

Quite the contrary. The school said they did not want me to pick Bryce up. They were just calling to let me know that he was being punished in in-school suspension for hacking into his classmates’ computers. They were confiscating his chromebook and it would be under district evaluation to determine where all he’d been on it. 

Um, really? He’s in 3rd grade. Pretty sure he doesn’t have a clue how to hack into a computer! But what could I say?

When Bryce got home he briefed me on the extent of his crimes. His friends had given him their login info. Then he got onto their accounts and changed their profile pictures and backgrounds. That’s it. Also, he wasn’t the only one doing it. He was just one of three who got caught by their long-term substitute. I bet those kids have all been doing this forever and their teacher didn’t care. Just took one sub who needed to exert her dominance. Oh well.

So Bryce served his time. The first day he was with his accomplices, but the second he was by himself cause we started Spring Break early and missed the second day he was supposed to be in suspension.

He was dreading suspension by himself! Sitting outside the principal’s office, no recess, a stack of work, no lunch in the cafeteria. So Jason made him a deal to help relieve some anxiety. If Bryce would sit there and sing, “99 Bottles of Pop on the Wall” from 99 all the way down to zero, out loud, Jason would take him to A&W when he got home. Bryce said he did it, and that’s all it took for Jason to reward him.

The funny thing is, when we all got back from Spring Break, every student in the district opened their chromebooks and their self-selected backgrounds were gone! Gasp! Instead what they saw was the school district’s logo. Coincidence? Possibly. But the timing! The timing!

June and her friends were all aggast when this happened. She told them, “This is because of my brother!!!” Ugh! Little brothers. They’re kinda the worst. 

And P.S. Bryce didn’t get his chromebook back for a week and a half, which only ticked Jason off further about the whole situation! 

Ross’s Bold Admirer

 Ross has bold admirer: Evelyn. Yesterday he came home with a pile of notes she’d passed him in class that day. 

Here are some of my favorite lines:

“So, I’m getting more comfortable to talk to you! I know you don’t like me, but just know that someone always likes you. Oh, and you know when I give you a note then you look at me? I get happy.”

“…just to say, on the field trip you looked nice in the suit.”

“Hi. Do you like my hair? Idk It’s just random. I just want to see you smile.”

“When I hear your laugh, I smile. When I hear your voice, I know I’m gonna be happy.” 

Ross isn’t sure what to make of all this! 

Ross’s Valentine

Ross got a note from a girl at school that said,

“Roses are Red

Violets are Blue

My Heart Beats

Just for You.

Will You Be My Valentine?

Check Yes or No.”

I told him if a girl has the guts to say that to a boy, he better reward her bravery and check yes! 

Right? 

So he got her some chocolates and he came up with this plan all on his own:

He’s gonna walk up to her holding her note and shaking his head to fake her out so she thinks he’s gonna say no. Then he’ll hand her the note. She’ll read it and see that he actually checked “Yes.” And when she looks back up at him, he’ll wink at her.

Oh my heart! 

Ross’s Admirable Traits

According to Tayden and Ross, their 5th grade teacher is having the kids write anonymous valentines to each other and she’s reading them in front of the class! 

They said Ross got soooo many and that soooo many girls have a crush on him. 

That was news to me. So I asked Ross why all these girls like him. 

“I don’t know…probably because I’m fast,” he said. “And I have spirit…I don’t care if people call me a weirdo…and because of my hair (just not right now.)”

I keep giggling over this. 

“I have spirit” (?!?) 

With that list, no wonder the girls are swooning. LOL

Valentine Needed

Bryce: I need a Valentine.

Me: What kind?

Bryce: The person kind.

Me: Ohhh! Like you’re going to ask someone to be your Valentine??

Bryce: Yeah. June said if I get a Valentine she’ll buy me A&W.

Me:Ha! Ok, so who are you gonna ask? You could ask Audrey. Doesn’t she have a huge crush on you? That would make her day! 

Bryce: Yeah, I’ll probably ask her.

Me: How are you gonna do it?

Bryce: I’ll write it in a paper airplane and fly it to her desk. Just as long as it doesn’t land on the teacher’s desk! 

Riiiiiiight?! LOL

Black Friday

Ross: I always thought Black Friday was the day all the slaves got freed.

Not quite…

Farting in Public

 Ross: I fart at school, but I do it silently.

Me: Whaat?! No! Those are the worst kind! You can’t fart in public! 

Ross: Then maybe I should go to private school?