Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 3:16PM
Hi Mr. Jones,
Thanks for the voicemail regarding Jacob and his friends trying to make s’mores at school. Sounds like Veronica brought the ingredients and Jake brought the magnifying glass. We had no idea about these plans.
That said, he says they asked Mr. Richard if it was OK and he was standing there watching them?
Jacob knows a lot about not playing with fire and the dangers of magnifying glasses in starting fires. I’ve always lived in the mountains with very high fire danger and so he’s super aware. He knows the story of my brother’s friends who played with fire in a field and almost burned down their house and put my house in danger when I was a kid.
I’m not sure if the Mr. Richard part is accurate, but needless to say, we’ve talked and he understands why he would need to ask permission and that he always needs to have a grown-up with him. They apparently picked a place surrounded by concrete and no dead grass or leaves to see if it would melt the marshmallows. I’m told they only got warm.
Thanks again for your vigilance and communication,
jaimie