Well, I got my first "email" from Ammon's teacher. It seems there was a little altercation at recess. Ammon says he thought 2 boys, who by the way are some of Ammon's good friends - which surprised me, were talking about him while they were standing in line to come in from recess so he decided to "bang" their heads together. Who is this child? What has school done to him? Obviously this is totally unacceptable so, Ammon had to move his stick in class. The teacher says when she asked the two boys what was being talked about they told her something completely unrelated to Ammon. We spoke with Ammon and he had no good reason for what he did. He was punished accordingly! Well, then to top it all off I got a call from the school secretary asking me where Ammon was to go after school and I told her he is to ride the bus the same way he does EVERY afternoon. Ammon rides the bus home to the Coleman's and has since late January and this has NEVER been an issue before....Until Wednesday! Ammon was put on THE WRONG BUS and sent home to an empty house, and YES, he was let off the bus! Luckily the neighbor boy had a babysitter at his house and Ammon went there until we got everything figured out and knew where he was. Jason on the other hand was waiting at the Coleman's for Ammon to get off the bus! We're VERY unhappy about this "mix-up" as the transportation director at Ben Logan calls it. He has assured me this will NEVER happen again and I sure hope for his sake it doesn't!!!! I can't beleive that a bus driver, who knows this child should not be on her bus in the afternoon; would first of all, not question why he was there, but would then take him and drop him off, when apparently there is no one home! Holy Cow, he's 5!!!!!!!! Anyway, there's the recap of Ammon's Very Bad Day! Poor Kid!
We decided to use some of our tax return this year to go on Spring Break. We took a train, yes, a train to Kansas City and we had a really good time. I would take a train again anytime! Trains are much roomier than flying, allow the kids to get up and move, have a dining car and snack services, and with the price of gas the way it is are VERY wallet friendly. We left home Saturday morning March 22 and went to Lafayette, IN to Angela and Shannon's house. We had Easter with them (egg hunt, colored eggs, Easter Dinner and of course CANDY!). We stayed the night in Lafayette and boarded the train at 8:00am Sunday morning. We took a small train from Lafayette to Chicago and then took a Large Superliner from Chicago to KC. We got in to KC at 11:00pm on Sunday and Jen was there to get us. We spent the week with Charles, Jen and as Sariah says Baby Haylee (who has got to be the cutest neice I've ever had!). We did lots of cool stuff while we were in KC. We went to Kaleidoscope, the Hallmark Visitors Center, Crown Center, Crayola Cafe, The KC Zoo, Retro Bowl, The Liberty Jail, Penguin Park, and Science City. IT WAS A FULL WEEK! We also had time to go out to dinner with Charles and Jen for Jason's b-day, Visit with Aunt Vonda, Shane and Terre (and Michael and Emily), and have a birthday party for Jason and Matt & Jennifer's house! After our full week we boarded the train again on Saturday the 29th and came back to Lafayette, where we again spent the night and then drove home. I have to upload the pictures and then I will post some here =0)
