"On Yellow"

Last week Aubrey came home saying..."Mom, I had a bad day"...."That computer made me go on yellow"! It took some questioning to understand that she broke the computer and went on yellow. I still was not satisfied with her answers. So, of course I dug deeper. When we got to soccer, I asked Stephanie, which is the coaches wife and our homeroom mother that volunteers at the school, just what happened today. She explained that in the computer lab there are a group of the kids that act up when they sit next to each other and Aubrey was playing an messing with this little boy. They got on to her a lot. Then, when it was time for her to do her work on the computer, she some how ditched some important program that took awhile to fix. So at that point Aubrey soared to the color yellow and lost her duties for the day. She was so heart broken. So, she got in trouble and that was that.

Then...this week seemed to be perfect, no sticks just great behavior...then Hump Day! When I picked her up, I asked her about her day and she replied..."We will talk about it in the car"! I thought, oh my...so we loaded up in the car. As we drove away she unfolded a piece of paper. She had taken notes! She said, "Mom, I went on yellow!" Then she began to read from the note and explain the 3 actions that got her there. As she explained each small incident, I became more proud. None of the actions were that bad, however I was truly impressed she took responsibility of making the note to remember everything! It was hard to punish her for this, after a talk with Dad, she decided no candy and allowance this week! We are really proud of her!