Robbie and Sam both have a tendency to provide too much information. Sam restricts his enthusiasm to his favourite subjects, but Robbie will talk at length about absolutely anything and I often have to tell him to stop talking because it makes me totally exhausted. Interestingly both Sam and Robbie are less good at communicating essential information that they really need to share. Robbie has been in the dog house countless times for failing to tell me he would be late, and Sam tends to announce at the last minute that he has to have a certain item for school the following day – thank goodness for 24hr Tesco!
Sam walks home from school with his friend Ollie and one day last week they were extremely late and I was very anxious. Sam's phone was turned off – he has an infuriating habit of keeping it turned off unless he needs to use it, he says it preserves the battery! I had no idea where he was or why he was late and I was starting to panic. He finally appeared looking dishevelled and muddy and I thought for a moment he had been in a fight. He explained that he and Ollie had found a lost dog at the edge of the park, they had read the tag on it's collar and rang the number, it was an answering service and they had to get in touch with the owner and then the owner had to come out to fetch the dog. The boys stayed with the dog and played with it until the owner arrived. The lady was very grateful to get the dog back because he had been missing all day. The next day she rang the school to compliment the boys on their thoughtful and helpful behaviour.
I was really proud of Sam for being responsible enough to take care of the dog, I just wish he had remembered to let me know that he had been delayed so that I wasn't worried.
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