Friday, September 30, 2011

Thatcher Steven Ballard

Ms. Davenport: (Thatcher's teacher) "Will any of you be able to attend our Fall festival on Sunday?"

Thatcher: "I can't participate in that. It's Sunday, and I'll be at church."

Ms. Davenport: "Will any of you be gone for Rosh Hashanah tomorrow?"

Thatcher: "I can't participate in that either. I have swimming lessons."

The following wasn't necessarily funny or not funny. I mainly found it to be one of those moments when you think...."Hmmm, to each his own I guess." Thatcher brought home an award the other day. He was so excited to show me. As I looked at the paper I noticed a white square had been taped onto the sheet. I lifted the tape to look underneath and found this picture of a little boy. I decided to ask him about it and our conversation went like this:

Mom: "Hey Thatcher, why is this square taped on here?"

Thatcher: "Because I asked her to put it there."

Mom: "Asked who?"

Thatcher: "The teacher....Ms.Paula."

Mom: "Oh...why did you ask Ms. Paula to cover the picture?"

Thatcher: "I don't know....I just didn't like the looks of him."

Mom: "Oh, did any of the other kids ask her to cover his face?"

Thatcher: "No....just me.....he just doesn't look very friendly. I didn't want him on my award."

Like I said, to each his own.