Look what I awoke to this afternoon after a nap. In case you can’t tell from the picture Sister has filled five bottles with varying amounts of water. She runs in excitedly as I pull myself from slumberland. “Look, look! They make different sounds!” I guess technically that should have been “Listen, listen.” but even so I know what you are thinking.
“That Sister is so incredibly clever and resourceful!”
It’s not what you were thinking?
Well, why not?! She IS incredibly clever and resourceful!
You were wondering how I got a nap?
Oh. Well, here’s the thing. After reading this post over at GNM Parents about allowing your kids to fail I decided I was too much of a hover-er (I made that word up … I think. If it’s a real word, then I so knew that.) so anyway I figured I better start letting them fail and get hurt and stuff so they could grow up and be contributing members of society and all that. Problem is I can’t stand to see them fail or get hurt or disappointed. I have found a solution though. Now when it seems they are about to do something dangerous, like uhm, tie a firecracker to the tail of the cat or jump off the roof with a bedsheet, I call out, “Be Careful!”, give a big wave & smile and head in to take a nap. That way they get their lesson and I don’t have to endure the consequences. It’s working really well and I’m getting so much sleep I am almost caught up on lost time from the infant years.
I AM KIDDING! But it was a really good article. You should go read it.
Did you play?
…. uhm, did you play on time or were you a slacker like me I? (Just because I’m tardy doesn’t mean I have to use poor grammar.)
