The Swamp Story
Posted on January 29, 2010
Jacob is not a reliable reporter of information regarding what happens each day at school. Actually, he says he “can’t remember” what he did earlier in the day when I pick him up in the afternoon- unless they did some type of science experiment. He starts excitedly relaying details of the experiments before he’s even finished buckling his carseat. But in the absence of science experiments, he doesn’t recall a whole lot of what goes on at school (or doesn’t want to tell me…).
Monday morning before he got out of the car, I told Jacob, “Remember what you do today, because I’m going to ask you about it when you get in the car.”
Monday afternoon:
Me: So what did you do today, Jacob?
Jacob: Oh, you see those steps over there? (points to steps leading down a hill at a house neighboring his school)
Me: Yes.
Jacob: Well at the bottom of those steps is a swamp. Today, our class walked over there and saw it. We didn’t see any alligators or anything, but it was still pretty cool.
Me: Wow. That’s really interesting.
Jacob: I know. It was fun.
Tuesday afternoon:
Me: What did you do today, Jacob?
Jacob: Today we went back to that swamp! Mrs. K brought some old rubber boots and we each got to take a turn slipping them on and stepping into the gooey swamp mud!
Me: Really?
Jacob: Yeah, just at the edge. There’s no alligators or anything.
Me: Oh, hmm. Okay.
Wednesday afternoon:
Me: What did you do today, Jacob?
Jacob: Today we went back to that swamp AGAIN!
Me: Seriously?
Jacob: YES! And today we had a MUD FIGHT with the swamp mud!!!
Me: (*It is at this point that I realize that I have been fooled by a four year old for three days in a row.*) Jacob, there is not any mud on your clothes.
Jacob: Mrs. Kathy washed them. She gave us some other clothes to wear while she washed them. They were a little big, but it was just for a little while until our other clothes were clean. You should have seen how muddy my clothes were!
Me: Jacob, I don’t think this story is true. What did you REALLY do today?
Jacob: I can’t remember.
“i can’t remember”… i get the same around. nothing about the swamp though.
love the conversions, so cute!
I don’t know what it is, about that age. I would ask Mckenzie and Mia about school and would get a response, similar to those. They would say you ask me that everyday…. I don’t remember… I don’t want to talk about it… or the wonderful, “nothing” comments. We parents are just trying to make conversation. They must like litte adults, that just want time to digest their days before having to talk about it.
lol. i don’t check my blog reader super often. but i have some free time today. that story is hilarious. what an imagination!!!