The square peg...

I am grateful for my non-cookie cutter kids.
I am actually grateful that not only are they all different from each other, but that some of them march to the beat of their own drum.
I can say I am glad they don't always meet the expectations of their teachers and other adults in their life that for some odd reason seem to think that because their child behaves in a certain way, every other child should act, react, and think that same way.
I am glad to have a square peg or two that don't fit into the round hole.

I got an email from one of my son's teachers at school this week. She said she wanted to talk to me about his behavior at school. He likes to talk in the halls, he sang one too many ooh-la la's and cha-cha-cha's after singing the happy birthday song to a girl in the class, he tossed his lunch box in the air and caught it right before they lined up for lunch and that he is often found dancing in line.

What exactly is one supposed to do with this information? I mean i don't email her a summary of the little quirks he does that annoy me. I just emailed her back and said, "Good to know!"

Ooh la la and cha cha cha are just fun words to say. Add a little booty shake to it and bam, you've got a good time! Random things are good for the soul. Doing random things means your happy, you're breakin' out of the same routine of simply picking up your lunch box and carrying it to the lunch room. And, let it be known, that there is always room for dancing. To my kids I say, "Oh yes, there will be dancing, however, wherever and whenever you feel the need, there will be dancing." Let's not get crazy people, that is still one constitutional right that has not been touched. Let the people dance whenever and however they may.