Worms in the Apple

The Bug’s daycare teacher utilizes a reward system for good behavior. Good behavior equals a visit to the treasure chest on Fridays. Bad behavior equals a worm in the apple. The number of worms you receive during the week will determine if you will visit the treasure chest. The more worms you have in your apple the less the chance you get a surprise from the treasure chest. The Bug, who normally comes home every Friday with a “treasure” apparently decided to test the worm theory out on Tuesday. Here is a summary from the note that I received…

8:30 am: The Bug shoves another child and yells “leave me alone.” (receives one worm.)

9:30 am: The Bug yells at teacher and when she tells her she will be receiving a worm in her apple her response was “I don’t care.” (receives one worm.)

10:45 am: The Bug tells another child “my mommy is going to cut your head off” and proceeds to make a slicing motion across her throat. When asked who told her to say that, The Bug informs the teacher that the monsters and the dragons in her room told her to and so did her mommy. (receives two worms.) Note: it is bad enough that The Bug said this, but what makes it even worse is that she said it to the daughter of a Southern Baptist Minister. And for those of you who do not understand Southern Baptist, well, I will have to save that for another post. And before you anyone gets their feather's ruffled, I can talk about them, I'm married to a former southern baptist.

11:30 am: The Bug gets angry because another child will not leave her alone and grabs her around the neck from behind, choking her. (Receives one worm.) At this point, I have received a call informing me that the Bug is having a really bad day and if her aggressive behavior continues I will have to come pick her up)

3:15 pm: The Bug ignores the teacher’s instructions to not climb on the old playground equipment, when told that she would receive a worm in her apple and that she would be placed on a yellow caution light, plus a note would be sent home, the Bug’s response was “Do, do, send a note home, give me a worm, I don’t care.” (Receives three worms in her apple.)

4:30 pm: The Bug spits on one child and pushes another because “they were bothering me.” (receives two worms and gets sent to the front office to wait with the daycare director until I pick her up.)

The Good News: The director believes that the Bug was having an extremely bad day as this is not her usual disposition and she will be able to come back to school on Wednesday. (Translation: Ugly Naked Four Year Old Monster took over my child’s body for the day.)

The Bad News: 10 worms, no treasure chest.

Maybe next week will be better.