flickety flick!

okay so i have come to the conclusion that i'm a once-a-week blogger. take it or leave it, i say.

i have also decided that matilda is the class tattle tale. yeap. i raised a narc. now granted, i'm sure most of the things she's tattling are justifed, but then again, she's 4. she told me yesterday that a little girl, one who she WANTED to name our cat after, was teasing her. i asked HOW she was being teased and here's what she told me.

matilda: 'she said, "i can see your flashlight."'
now i'm wondering 'what are they using 'flashlight' as a code for these days?' could you see her underpants? could you see what? what is a flashlight!! well, i later found out that HIM gave matilda a keychain flashlight and her friend was merely pointing out the fact that she could see it.

i told my sweet girl that that wasn't teasing. she argued with me and then i realized... matilda had probably been asked by her teacher to put the flashlight AWAY and she did, but snuck it out again.. to which her friend was ever so gently letting her know - 'i see your flashlight' which was probably code for 'put it away before you get in trouble.'

another fun after school story was one about two little girls, three if you include matilda, the narc, on the playground during recess.

remember recess? a time to swing, laugh, feel the wind in your hair and the sun on your face? well apparently recess has taken on a new meaning of 'fun'. it's called 'flicking'. i was told about how one little girl FLICKED another little girl right on her head! matilda, being the designated tattler, told her teacher what was going on and the alleged flicker got into a bit of trouble.

here's my thing... what do i teach her about tattling? obviously, if someone is getting hurt and can't tell the teacher, i think it would be okay for her to do that... but then again, do i really want her to be known as the girl who tattles? no, not really. i told matilda that the flickee should have told the teacher what happened, and if she, herself, were ever the flickee, then that's when she tells. but not when it's happening to someone else.

i know i'm going down the wrong path, it's just that this flicker girl is always into trouble. matilda tells me stories everyday about how she sticks her tongue out at kids, how she grabs people's lunch sacks, and now she's flicking them in the head. what's next?

i think i'm going to tell matilda to ignore her because it seems this little flicker girl is just in need of attention, anyway she can get it. and the more she gets it, the worse she'll be.

i'm just praying matilda doesn't get flicked by her. my luck she'll flick back and then i'll have to deal with the flicker's mother... wonder if she'd flick ME in the head.