Each classroom in the upper school at CU is located in a habitat. This year Christian's class is located in the Europe habitat. As a means to have some control over the wild Indians of Europe, Mrs. Reyna has developed a reward/punishment system. Each student has the opportunity to earn German francs throughout the week for following directions, using good manners, playing nice with the other Indians, you get the idea, and conversely loses them for behaviors that are less than desirable.
We have just completed the third week of school and already Christian has figured out how to "work" the system. I've never said the child isn't bright!! Wednesday of this week he announces that he has earned six francs for the week already. Apparently he had earned an extra one for being patient. Really??? Patient, we were dumbfounded the child is the exact opposite of patient. I really don't know where he gets that
from. :) He is delighted in his accomplishment, and he announces that means he can be "bad" one time Thursday and still have the required five francs on Friday that is required in order to go to the treasure box. Sure enough, this morning he tells us that he lost a franc on Thursday and that all he has to do is be good enough not to lose any more francs, and he's golden for the treasure box. Now does the kid know how to work it or what? I know the day is coming, all to fast, where he will stop telling on himself, but for now it's really pretty fascinating to hear how his mind works.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Megan our guest blogger
Please give a warm welcome to our guest blogger, my niece, Megan!!!!! I needed to attend the parent meeting for first grade this week, but Randy is in Connecticut, Roxanne was sick, grandma and grandpa in Colorado, Pop and Mimi in New Mexico, GrandMary and Pop Schlieker in Temple, and our friends have kids they need to put to bed in their own beds, so........what's a girl to do, but call in the most loved cousin Megan!!!!!
When I got home she had some of the best little tidbits from her night with the little darlings, especially Miss Muffett. So, here is her guest blog....... Thank you Megan!!!
I want to start this blog with a confession....I am the worst babysitter on earth! Complete pushover from the word go, and I was a little bit nervous starting my venture with my two favorite children, Christian and Caroline. I walked in knowing if they could smell fear, it would be a very long night.
We started the adventure off by eating dinner. Everything was going great except for a particular green vegetable (broccoli) that the kids weren't too interested in. Not one second after Mom left they started hitting me up for dessert. Caroline begins this request saying "ummmm Meg, we already had ice cream today, but sometimes Mom will let us have dessert if we eat all of our macaroni". Christian supported this statement, and I proceeded to call Mom to see if this was ok. Kim answered the phone with a chuckle probably thinking "I haven't even gotten out of the driveway yet"! She agreed, but said they must eat all of their broccoli before dessert is given. I threw out my best lines of "Christian, broccoli will give you strong muscles" and "Caroline, broccoli makes your hair long and beautiful, don't you want that"? They agreed and suffered through it to get their dessert.
I would also like to make a special shout out to Christian who was the ultimate dream child! I hardly knew he was there unless I had to ask one of the many questions about Caroline. He decided he wanted to shower early so he could watch a movie while I got little C ready for bed. He was gone in a flash and back down showered, teeth brushed and pajamas on. While Christian was doing this Caroline decided she wanted to play horsey where she proceeded to whip chocolate chip cookie and sugar cookie (stuffed dogs) with a belt (as well as me a few times) so they would giddy up, as I pounded on the floor making running sounds. Next was the bath time, although she decided to take a shower and wanted to "play" a little bit. I didn't know play meant washing her arms probably around 20 times as I pleaded that she wash the rest of her body so we could wash her hair and proceed on to story time. After many, many minutes I finally convinced her to hurry up!
I rounded up the troops and told them to pick out books. Christian decided he just wanted to go to bed without a story, which prompted Caroline to say "Meg, Mom reads me two books if brother goes to bed early". I thought ohhh of course she does! We started to read, and she made sure to correct me of how to say "Poodlelina" and "Goldilicious" the proper way. We finished the first book, and she was already hitting me up for more..."Meg, can we maybe ready these books twice"? And of course who gave in immediately? ME!
Finally, it was bedtime. I climbed in bed with little C, by request, as she talked and talked about everything she could think of, fighting her heavy eyes. I decided to pretend that I was sleeping so I closed my eyes and stopped responding to her. As I laid there I got this feeling that someone was staring at me. I open my eyes to find two crystal blue eyes three inches from my face. I started laughing, as did she, and finally she gave up the fight and fell asleep.
I had an absolute blast with the little angels. I hope that when they grow up and read this entry they will be filled with as much laughter as I have. Love you C&C!!
When I got home she had some of the best little tidbits from her night with the little darlings, especially Miss Muffett. So, here is her guest blog....... Thank you Megan!!!
I want to start this blog with a confession....I am the worst babysitter on earth! Complete pushover from the word go, and I was a little bit nervous starting my venture with my two favorite children, Christian and Caroline. I walked in knowing if they could smell fear, it would be a very long night.
We started the adventure off by eating dinner. Everything was going great except for a particular green vegetable (broccoli) that the kids weren't too interested in. Not one second after Mom left they started hitting me up for dessert. Caroline begins this request saying "ummmm Meg, we already had ice cream today, but sometimes Mom will let us have dessert if we eat all of our macaroni". Christian supported this statement, and I proceeded to call Mom to see if this was ok. Kim answered the phone with a chuckle probably thinking "I haven't even gotten out of the driveway yet"! She agreed, but said they must eat all of their broccoli before dessert is given. I threw out my best lines of "Christian, broccoli will give you strong muscles" and "Caroline, broccoli makes your hair long and beautiful, don't you want that"? They agreed and suffered through it to get their dessert.
I would also like to make a special shout out to Christian who was the ultimate dream child! I hardly knew he was there unless I had to ask one of the many questions about Caroline. He decided he wanted to shower early so he could watch a movie while I got little C ready for bed. He was gone in a flash and back down showered, teeth brushed and pajamas on. While Christian was doing this Caroline decided she wanted to play horsey where she proceeded to whip chocolate chip cookie and sugar cookie (stuffed dogs) with a belt (as well as me a few times) so they would giddy up, as I pounded on the floor making running sounds. Next was the bath time, although she decided to take a shower and wanted to "play" a little bit. I didn't know play meant washing her arms probably around 20 times as I pleaded that she wash the rest of her body so we could wash her hair and proceed on to story time. After many, many minutes I finally convinced her to hurry up!
I rounded up the troops and told them to pick out books. Christian decided he just wanted to go to bed without a story, which prompted Caroline to say "Meg, Mom reads me two books if brother goes to bed early". I thought ohhh of course she does! We started to read, and she made sure to correct me of how to say "Poodlelina" and "Goldilicious" the proper way. We finished the first book, and she was already hitting me up for more..."Meg, can we maybe ready these books twice"? And of course who gave in immediately? ME!
Finally, it was bedtime. I climbed in bed with little C, by request, as she talked and talked about everything she could think of, fighting her heavy eyes. I decided to pretend that I was sleeping so I closed my eyes and stopped responding to her. As I laid there I got this feeling that someone was staring at me. I open my eyes to find two crystal blue eyes three inches from my face. I started laughing, as did she, and finally she gave up the fight and fell asleep.
I had an absolute blast with the little angels. I hope that when they grow up and read this entry they will be filled with as much laughter as I have. Love you C&C!!
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