The other morning, I looked over Garrett's homework packet to quickly discover that there was a note attached on the front from his teacher. The note said, "Mrs. Cottle, Garrett accidently threw 2 wall balls on the roof of the school. The first time he threw it, I thought an apology would be efficient for losing Jordan's ball. The second time, I thought it would be best if he replaced Jordan's ball. Garrett told me that you would never buy Jordan a wall ball. I then told Garrett that it would be good if he earned the money at home to pay for a new ball." She then said, "You are the parent, you decide how you should best handle this situation." Thanks.
I thought it was pretty funny that Garrett told his teacher that I would NEVER buy him one. I am sure! I quickly got to the bottom of the situation, and put Garrett to work pulling weeds in the backyard all afternoon. Earlier in the day I had gone to Walmart to purchase a "wall ball". I obviously didn't know what that was because I came home with a "kick ball". The kids quickly told me that that was NOT the right ball. Logan spoke up to tell me that a wall ball was a raquetball. Whew! That answered a lot of questions. Garrett and I went back to Walmart and exchanged the balls. He took two of the balls to his friend Jordan the next day. What a funny day that was!!!!!
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That's so funny! What is the deal with wall balls, anyway? Brendan was obsessed with them when he was in 1st grade, too. Of course, his always ended up on the roof and I was constantly going to Wal-mart to buy more. Sometimes they were completely out of them because so many kids were buying them! I thought it was just a Freedom thing but I guess Sego Lily is in on it, too!
No it is not just a Freedom thing. I can't believe how crazy he is about it. He wants a Wall ball party for his birthday! Heaven help me!!!!
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