*Waves*
I have been so busy recently that I have not braved the Jimpix generator for a while! I decided to bite the bullet and go for it today, however.
Eldest has been upset over the past few weeks, and worrying about things classmates have said to him, or altercations in the playground with older kids. They leave him feeling very ambivalent towards me and the rest of the family. We’ve had a big display of that today. It wasn’t pretty, but I am trying to find a balance between being sympathetic and also letting him know there are very firm boundaries that he can’t cross no matter how upset he feels.
There have been an awful lot of cuddling sessions recently!! I spoke to Eldest’s teacher today, but it is nothing he can really get to the bottom of as it is all low-level random things that are making Eldest upset, nothing overly physical or blatant.
When I researched the words that came up today and couldn’t find a satisfactory definition for ‘planca’, it occurred to me that it sounds like ‘plonker’. I remember people calling each other that in my schooldays, so I started to think about there maybe being a bullying scenario in my poem (I already had a name to start me off!). With the ‘Tinayguk’ being a river, there was also an educational angle that could be brought in; and if I thought a bit, I’d probably not need to be stumped by ‘bowyang’ either…
‘Denby‘ was easy enough to include 😉
Tony Urethra Denby Pandora Mushrooms Tinayguk Exacting Planca Bowyang
Tony loves using words for evil.
He makes me laugh
Until my urethra threatens mutiny.
But he can be cruel
Tony’s not the kind you’d invite
To tête-à-tête over your best Denby.
He’s a box fit for Pandora:
A topic mushrooms
When he runs with it.
So here I am, Geography;
Teacher pointing out the river Tinayguk
(Which means ‘Moose’, apparently)
Tony’s exacting penance
On the new boy (who’s christening him
A ‘planca’ in that strange accent of his)
Tony rises up from his seat
All mock outrage, condemnation;
“And YOU sir, are a BOWYANG!!”
He announces with aplomb…
There was no out-of-the-ordinary entry for ‘bowyang’ in the Urban Dictionary, but I’m thinking that someone like Tony will update it soon?!
It was not all gloom for Eldest today – he did get to have a shot on my Snoopy Tennis game! 😉
Unfortunately, he was soon frustrated and declared it ‘too hard’. As the buttons do stick now and then (usually at a crucial moment), I suppose he has a point. I am still loving it, however. Good ol’ Snoopy 😊
Sometimes I just wish I could smooth away all the slights and disappointments from our kids’ school-life, so that they never have to worry about walking back into their classroom the next day. But I know that’s not always possible. My job is just to do my best to keep the lines of communication open, and be here to act as sounding board while they figure it out for themselves.
Eldest still looks so young when he’s sleeping, though. I’m glad he is a teddy cuddler, they look like they bring him some peace 😊
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