Rough Afternoon that ended with a surprise

Yesterday was one of those afternoons. I got an email from Carson's teacher telling me he had pulled a card. If the kids don't behave they pull cards for different level of punishment. If they don't pull cards, they bring home a smiley face. On Friday if they have not pulled a card they get to go to the treasure chest. If you know Carson well, you know he is usually very obedient. I figured at some point he would have a bad day, but I was still a little surprised. We had just had a conference with his teacher on Monday, and she had told us he is always doing what he should be doing.

After checking my email, I can downstairs to talk to him. (I am not quite sure what is says about me that I did not even notice the missing smiley face until I got the email.) I told him there was something missing from his folder. He said the smiley face. So, I asked him what happened. He was of course upset and on the verge of tears. I was also about to loose it looking into his sad little eyes. He told me that "H" moved next to him and was bothering him all day. H was scratching him on the back of the neck and he kept telling him to stop, but he did not stop. By then he was sobbing. I sent him to his room to settle down. So, I emailed the teacher back to get more details. She said it looked to her like they were having a good time together.

Carson came back downstairs still gulping and asked that I email his teacher and ask her to not make him sit by H any more. He was pitiful. We talked several more times and he stuck to his story that H was bothering him. I told him, if that was the case he needed to go talk to his teacher. She had corrected them a couple of times, but he had not said anything to her. So, it left me in a place with two different versions of the truth. It was not fun and dealing with it would have been enough for the day.

But, a little while later, Macie and Carson were in his room. Jeff and I hear a huge crash, Carson yelling "Macie", and both of them burst into tears. We open the door and find Carson's piggy back in many pieces all over the floor.

After cleaning up the mess and promising a new bank, we went to dinner. Jeff took Macie to the bathroom, and Carson starts talking to me. Here is basically the conversation..

C: Mommy do you know God can see everyone at the same time?
Me: Yes. He knows if you do good things or bad things. Thats why you always need to tell him the truth and ask him to forgive you. And, we know if you ask him to live in your heart, he will always forgive you.
C: I already asked God to live in my heart.
Me: You did? When?
C: When I went to Coley's bible school

About this time, Jeff comes back with Macie. He was not happy with her, but I want to continue our conversation. I ask Carson something so Jeff can catch up with what we are talking about. We continue a little while and talk to him about what it means.

We think he knows what he is talking about. Bible school was 2 1/2 months ago, and he has not said anything to us before. But, he does not like to talk about what he is really thinking. It does not surprise me. It just surprised me that he chose yesterday to tell us. (If he was a different kid, I might think he was trying to win some points back, but that isn't really his style)