Tears

The whole weekend had been a challenge for M.

After the scary video on Friday, he developed a stomach pain that mysteriously came and went, and looking outside at a grey sky (hey, we live in the Netherlands, better get used to this) and the thought that it might rain, was enough to bring him into tears.

From time to time he would crawl on my lap and cuddle with a shaking lip, wiping the tears from his eyes, saying he didn't know what was wrong but he didn't feel good.
He missed his best friends in Romania.
And he could do with a sandwich with peanut butter.
But then again, he had a terrible pain in his ribs.
And he wanted to play at Pieter's coz Pieter had such great toys and he had nothing to play with.
And maybe it was better if he slept at our place this night.
And T. had been at the computer for half an hour and he only for 5 minutes.

R. took them fishing (the plan was for eal, but somehow there turned out to be very little eal in De Schie ;)) and even during that he cuddled up to R. and after an hr thought it best to go home coz "mommy has been alone for so long now".
R. went to the gasstation to buy everyone icecreams, only to come back to the car to find T. consoling his brother that daddy was soon to return.

So this morning we had to use all sorts of convincing phrases to make sure he even went (without dragging him) to school.
R. took T. and C. into T's classroom and I went in M.'s class to speak to the teacher.
She said they use this video since 1998 and every yr there are about 1 or 2 kids who can't stand the one-eyed creature they use to explain things and those kids go off to the toddlers again.
They're showing that video only on Friday's, so for now, i could reassure M. he wasn't going to see it, but what are we going to do Friday morning?