Oh, T.Puzzle. There were times when I was nicknaming you for this blog, that unfortunately words like shark and razor tooth were at the top of the heap. As I went through the catalogue of your gifts and idiosyncracies, a fascination with using your chompers for evil was a strong contender for possible names.
So happy I went the puzzle route instead.
We all dream our children will find their passion. We hope they excell at whatever they choose to endeavor.
One of T.Puzzle’s favorite endeavors is to bite his brother.
It didn’t start out this way. He used to bite about anyone or anything in his path.
I told you he was gifted.
Thankfully, except for the rare attempt here and there on innocent bystanders, he now seems to mostly isolate his attacks on Full Speed.
Is it bad that I’m secretly grateful he is only biting his brother?
I feel if he keeps it in our family there’s less chance of a lawsuit.
What’s a Mom to do?
I wrote an extremely unfavorable behavior report for tae kwon do about his recent double-biting-brother escapades over Thanksgiving break.
Here’s how it went down:
“First, let’s commend little Bobby for helping his sister with the dishes,” exclaimed the instructor as he rattled off the first exemplary behavior report.
“Wow, great job to little Jenny for being polite and using her manners,” he continued.
It went on and on. One after the other did something more extraordinary than the student before him.
Until…
we got to T.Puzzle and his report of biting doom.
And this was when my other dream of having a child stand out in a crowd was fully realized.
Maybe it’s time to start shopping around for some new dreams.
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