Hydrangea blooms at the greenhouse.

Jack pinched somebody on the bus yesterday.  We had a long talk about it.  It sounds like he was telling his "frenemy" H. about his upcoming birthday party.  H. has not been invited because I don't know his last name, where he goes to school, or his parents.  They ride the bus together.  But H. (probably jealous of a birthday party that he has not been invited to) told Jack that he was dumb and unlucky.  So Jack pinched him.

So basically two little boys, still learning how to deal with big emotions.  I'm 63 and I'm still learning how to deal with big emotions, but you can't go around punching people or pinching people just because you got your feelings hurt.  We're trying to teach him how to regulate his emotions, while I'm still trying to learn myself how to regulate my emotions.

Jack cried, "But I have ADHD!" 

That didn't fly.  ADHD is not an excuse for bad behavior.  It may explain bad behavior, but we still need to learn how to regulate those emotions that come out as behavior.  I am definitely the poster child for "How Not To Act" when upset, but I'm a work in progress.  We both are works in progress.

So we talked about how to deal with H., and he lost half of his video game playing time.  He's allowed 30 minutes/day.  After some loud complaining, he accepted it and found other things to do while I made supper.

I also had Jack's parent teacher interview this week.  He's doing well at school and his teacher said that now he needs to figure out a way to regulate himself, something that works for him.  He truly does have the most amazing teacher.  She's patient, kind, and compassionate.  Pretty much the perfect grade one teacher in my mind.  He's lucky.

It's still cold here. -19C this morning which sucks.  I don't know if it will get warm enough to walk the dogs today, we'll see.  

When I talked to my girlfriend the other day, she told me that her daughter is pregnant, which was a surprise for everyone.  Her daughter and her common law are excited to be parents but I'm sure they have no idea how hard it is to raise a baby.  They are both clean now and looking forward to the future with hope.  If only it was that easy.

I'm going to make a baby quilt for them, to welcome this baby into the world.  I've been collecting scraps of fabric from my fabric stash downstairs and deciding on a pattern.  What I need to do, is finish up my grandson's quilt that just needs binding on it, but I hate doing binding.  Maybe today is the day that I'll start that.  Maybe:)