today one of my favorite kids got suspended from camp for two days. i always have had a soft spot for the bad kids. in kindergarden i was the quietest of everyone and my "boyfriend" lost his tape everyday. see we had this tape system, we all wore a piece of masking tape and if we did something bad we got a mark on our tape and after three marks, you lost your tape. i was way too timid to ever do anything bad, so i never got a mark on my tape. if you could make it through the week without getting a mark on your tape, you got to visit the treasure chest. the only time stacie, my boyfriend, was allowed to dip into the treasure chest was the day he didn't lose his tape. he was really sweet though. he brought me toys and jewelry. i don't remember ever actually talking to him.
but anyway, this kid from the sumer camp drew a picture of another little boy getting his head punched by a huge boxing glove. and then he made it into a paper airplane and threw it at the boy's head. that was friday. then today he squirted his water bottle onto a counselor and threatened to fight a little six year-old boy in the bathroom. my reaction isn't to get angry at him, just frustarted that he's acting like this because he's a great kid but when he does something bad and ends up in trouble because of it, he shuts down and his behavior spirals downward. today he was doing great until the water bottle incident. i wish i could help him somehow.