You read that right. Every once in a while the blind squirrel gets the nut, and we just got a fistful of Brazilians! Let’s take this one step at a time, though. First, we applied to a new preschool for Malcolm next year, with the idea that he would go to the same school for elementary and middle school. The decision was extraordinarily difficult, and if you would like to read more about our decision, check out this post. Ultimately, we decided to do everything in power to keep Malcolm from being a crackhead stripper when he grows up, or worse yet, a U.S. Senator. I am not sure if we can afford it, but seeing as I already have 74 advance orders for a book, the money will be rolling in soon. Conversely, if you are Amy’s boss and reading this, let’s make sure Amy gets a big fat raise at work, ok?
After we applied, the preschool informed us that they wanted Malcolm to do a two day observation visit. I am not sure whether they wanted to see whether he was a genius or a pervert, but I figured that the joke would be on them; he acts like both! The kicker was that the observation was free. Free day care to a stay at home parent is like the $2.99 buffet for seniors tethered to their oxygen tanks in Reno casinos. Jackpot! I have never been so elated over one of our decisions, and but a little irritated that we didn’t apply to more schools. He could have been in observations for the whole spring! Sure, they may reject his application if he tries to brain one of the other kids with a plastic dinosaur, but even if they do, we’ll get some free child care out of it.
Good luck getting inside this brain!
Another potential pitfall occurred yesterday when I dropped Malcolm off. When I first got there, a woman told me that they were going to perform a “slight” psychological profile on him. She told me not to worry, it was more about learning the things he knows how to do and the things he doesn’t than any real evaluation. My initial inclination was to say I wasn’t going to let them poke and prod around Malcolm’s brain, but that risked making the whole thing go kablooey. I eagerly agreed and left. When someone gives you a fistful of Brazilians, you don’t throw them away.
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Awesome picture and caption!
Brazilians…How many is a Brazilian???
Wasn’t that Governor guy doing the nasty with a Brazilian? Didn’t really do him much good.