It's Monday....'nuff said...

Pretty boring day...not much going on. It rained which makes the kids antsy. After all the dc kids left, we took the boys to get new tennis shoes. This is a big deal to them. They get pretty excited for something so simple.
Tyler came home and I asked him how his day went. He pulled out a list from his backpack of things kids had said to him throughout the day. All mean things....Yuck, Tyler's here, wimp, retard, and other nasty things. Not long after, he was telling me about his project that was done for science that he had to present to the class today. As he's telling the story, he says that a lot of the kids told him his was the best......hmmm....I picked up his list of bad things and said "where's THAT on the list?"
"Huh?"
"where are THOSE remarks on this page? Why aren't those on here?"
"I don't know...."
"Well, maybe part of the problem is you're too focused on the negative and not giving anyone a chance when they are nice to you. Maybe there are some nice kids in your class after all...."
"There were 2 girls who told me I was a good artist"
"go write THAT on your list....and any other compliment you just told me"
I'm not minimizing the things that hurt....but if I can get him to remember the positive as well....it might just stick to him more than the bad.

Lighthearted moment of the day.......Tyler coming home from school today and when he came up to me (I was sitting on the couch) he rubbed my face and hair and asked me how I was feeling today. It was so sweet and so sincere.