Matthew

He's my favorite.
He used to be so angry, and soooo fresh.
He didn't know where to draw the line and it
ended him up in the office quite a few times.
Once he was suspended for a day and the suspension
came with a promise: the next time he was sent to the
office, he'd win a one way ticket out of camp for good.
Matthew and I talked about it and I realized that maybe
he just needed a little attention and some TLC.
Well, it worked.
We started spending more time together, laughing, joking
and really having fun.
He's a great kid!
Well, guess what....
The other day I saw one of my counselors leading him into
the office and I thought...Uh oh, and I ran in there.
I asked what happened.
Counselor: Matthew was jumping on me, horsing around.
(a normal occurrence for 8 year olds at summer camp)
Me: Ok.
Counselor: He kept saying, "I'm going to fart on you. I'm going to fart on you."
Me: Uh huh....
Counselor: And he farted on me.
Me: ..............blink*blink.............................
I looked at Matthew, he had tears in his eyes because he
knew what this office trip meant.
Me: You farted on Kevin??
Matthew:It was an accident.
Counselor: No it wasn't. He said he was going to do it and he did it.
Me:Ok.
Now I'm trying not to laugh. What am I going to do, call home?
"Hello, Mrs. ******.Matthew farted on someone today and now
he's kicked out of camp."
Yeah, I just couldn't see myself doing that.
Plus, I thought it was pretty damn funny,
So I sat down with my little guy and looked at him, like, "what the hell were you thinking??"
We both started smirking.
I asked him,"Matthew, would you like it if I farted on you?"
Trying to be serious, "No"
"Would you like it if Kevin farted on you?"
"No"
"Would you like it if Kevin went home and had tacos for
dinner and came in tomorrow and farted on you?"
"NO!"
"Matthew, you can't fart on people".
"Ok. I"m sorry. I"m really, really sorry."
"Ok. Go back to homeroom."
"I'm not going home???"
"No."
Then he hugged me.
HE HUGGED ME!
He loves me now.
Want to know how I know.....at the camp carnival
he asked me to marry him at the marriage booth.
Ok, so he married a toilet afterwards, but still.
(yeah, kids were marrying everything. Republicans
would have had a field day with it)
He hugs me every day. He comes in and says,
"hug the woman" and gives me a hug.
Love him.
As for Kevin, the farted on counselor....he feels like
I let him down. I should have been more stern.
I told him to get over it or else I'd fart on him.