After yesterday's charade with throwing rocks into the pond/garden next door, Zac didn't get the chance to apologize. His bedtime came and went and the neighbors still weren't home, so we figured we would catch up with them today to say SORRY! Anyway, they weren't home when Zac got home from school, so I ran over to see if they had "fixed" their pond and put it back in order. What do I find? A note on the windows saying they don't need any help with their pond and that whoever comes in their yard and messes with it again will be prosecuted! WHAT?!?!?!?!? I ran home, called the Mom of the other boy who helped Zac do this and decided that I would put a note on their door to call me or stop by when they got home today. I felt sick to my stomach knowing that these poor, but VERY nice people were so upset about this. I know I would be too, if I hadn't known it was two 5 year olds who did it. I ran some errands and come home to see the Mom of the other boy outside talking with them. So Zac got his chance to apologize and it was like pulling teeth! He was super shy and wouldn't say what we had rehearsed a million times since yesterday. He is going over later today to help fish the rest of the rocks out of the bottom though. Anyway, after expressing to embarrassment and apologizing myself, they told me they had filed a police report. WHAT!!!!!! They thought it was the older kids of the neighborhood that did it, so they filed one just in case they could catch them. Now that they know it was Zac and his friend, they aren't going to pursue it, but still, my child caused damage that resulted in a police report!!!! Actually, Zac's story goes like this:
J (his friend) walked over and decided to start throwing BIG rocks into the pond and when Zac went over to see what he was doing, he invited Zac to join him. Zac decided to only throw little rocks, while J threw a big candle that caused the fencing to come down, then picked a flower and threw that in and then kept throwing rocks. I'm not saying that Zac is innocent, but he really didn't cause the damage that J did, but of course, he's getting roped into it equally. Guess it's my turn to learn that life isn't fair! I have decided that only my children are allowed in our backyard for now unless we personally invite other children over and their parents are there 100% to watch them. Everytime Zac is with J he does things that he normally would never do. You'd think I'd learn my lesson about now! UGH!
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They are at the age of influence! I don't trust any of the kids in my neighborhood around Nicholas or Alex without me being RIGHT there. Alex was at the playground yesterday and got 6 & 7 year old to start a spitting game! Yeah, my 3 yo is the bad influence!
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