On Thursday we had a little bit of school drama. Lydia has a crush on the boy who played Toto in the play last year. When I asked her why she likes him, she said, “Because he smiles all the time, is super joyful, and he never speaks out of turn.” Even though I was a little surprised to hear about crushes so early, I have to say I was kind of thrilled by her rubric for crushes. I think those are such sweet qualifications.
Anyway, Lydia accidentally told her secret to a not-so-discreet girl in class. At recess, the girl announced she was going to the boy Lydia liked to tell him Lydia liked him. Lydia begged her not to, but the girl insisted she was going to tell. When she stood up to go tell the boy about Lydia’s crush, Lydia panicked and threw a small gatorade bottle at her head.
Okay, I know violence is not okay and I definitely firmly explained this in the car on the way home. I also really like this other little girl’s mother, who happens to teach at the school and came over to help mediate this dispute in the aftermath of the thrown bottle. She did a WONDERFUL job explaining to the girls how to handle this type of problem in the future.
But I just have to say that I found this scenario to be so funny! Lydia is normally not violent AT ALL, and so throwing her gatorade at her friend’s head is extreme behavior. It’s funny because when I think about this scenario, I know what seven-year-old Lydia considers a “dire” situation, and from the perspective of her thirty-five year old mom…it’s just funny. Also, her friend wasn’t hurt. At least, I assume if she were, the school would have called me…
Also, I don’t think Lydia will be spilling her secrets so freely in the future.