"I'm NOT going"

This is all I've heard all week from J. He was determined not to go the Youth theatre today.

Employees of The Royal Lyceum can get their children into the youth theatre free (that's where K works). Last week was J's first time. He went together with his friend and he really enjoyed it but he's now decided that Fridays spent at home pottering about after school is what he'd rather do.

I'd like him to try it a few more times before we make any decisions because this place has a very long waiting list and i really think he'll enjoy it.......and it's free!

Poor thing must get very confused, when he refused to go to TKD some weeks we told him he had to keep going because we had paid for all his classes. Now we're telling him he has to go to this because we don't pay.

Anyway....he was quite happy by the time we had reached Lothian Rd (the st the Lyceum is on) he was jumping about, hiding from me, trying to get me to chase him, when.........he fell over! He was crying loudly and saying he couldn't move his leg (he could....just a scrape) then he started the "I'm NOT going to the yoof feater.....I CAN'T walk properly!" thing.

He did go.......and you guessed it.............he loved it!

but he's NOT going next week!

This is the bus home.