November 27, 2012

  • So Far So Good for Chewlee

    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    Chewlee has two...count them, two!...smiley faces so far.  She acted matter-of-fact when telling me about it before I checked her folder.  But, when her mother showed up after school (the Princess's school, not Chewlee's), Chewlee got excited and asked her mother, *Aren't you proud of me, mommy?*  I had to laugh.

    Her only problem, and one her mother got upset over, was she said she wanted some soup and then, when she saw it, she got really upset and refused the homemade soup I had made.  Now, she's eaten it before with no problem but today she was expecting canned chicken noodle soup.  Her mother told her to eat it because she was getting NO food at home.  There was a lot of crying going on and Chewlee even said the soup was *nasty* at one point.  Her mother finally told her if she didn't even TRY it, she would go to bed hungry.

    Now I am totally against sending a kid to bed hungry but it IS true that Chewlee will get in a frame of mind where she will refuse to eat something without even tasting it.  I got her to taste it and she told me she liked it but wasn't hungry YET.  So I told her I would send some of the soup home with her mother so that when she got hungry later, she could eat it and then her mother wouldn't be upset with her.  She said that was okay.  I DID send some home with her mother, and a little extra since the Princess loves my homemade noodles.  I'll ask tomorrow if she ended up eating it or not.  At least, if she goes to bed hungry, it will be HER choice.  If she does, I'll bet you she eats a lot at breakfast. 

    I asked Chewlee today what her best day at school was and this is what she told me, after I explain something.  The teacher has little bins that have cards in them for each child.  There are five in all.  When a child talks or plays during work time or several other things that disrupt the class, they are made to remove one of the cards.  If they remove all of them, they end up in the principals office and stand with their nose against the wall for a predetermined time.  Well, one day ALL of the kids, except for Chewlee, ended up with ALL of their cards removed.  Chewlee was the only one that didn't have ANY of her cards removed.  That was the day that Chewlee got to take a prize out of the Principals treasure chest (although Chewlee had thought it was only a BOYS treasure chest).  She was so proud that day.  I remember it but she never explained why she would get one in the middle of the week as well as she did today. 

    I told her, *Now wouldn't you ALWAYS like to be the BEST kid in the class?*  She thought about it and said, *I would like to but I can't.  Sometimes my mouth just won't stop.*  I can't help it, I laughed.  She got upset that I laughed about that and asked me what was so funny.  I told her that she really had to teach her mouth how to be quiet because it was HER mouth and no one else could do that.  She got a kind of confused look on her face and said, *Huh?*  Then, she said, *How do I teach my mouth to be quiet?*  That's when I said, *You have to whisper to it that you want to be the BEST kid in the class so it has to shhhhh.*  That's when she got a smile on her face and said, *Grandma, you're funny.  I can't talk if I whisper.*  I just winked and said, *Now you've got it!*  We both laughed then.

    The Beast for some unknown reason decided to work a little on the cottage.  He's going to finish putting up the last couple of pieces of paneling so he can put the panels up on the ceiling.  He bought a scaffold to help him do that without having someone here to help.  He explained to me how he figured out how he could do it.  Made sense to me.  The scaffold was, of course, from Lowe's (we really need to buy some stock in them) and they had it on sale for the Holidays.  How much of a sale it actually was is debatable but it keeps him busy and out of my hair.  There's heat out there so he won't suffer.  The problem is Baron wants to stay with him but he gets in the way so I have Baron in here, whining and running back and forth because he can't go out there with him.  I'd much rather that Baron sulked because at least he's quiet then. 

    The temperature has dropped and, even though it's only in the 40's, it's very damp out so the breeze makes it feel icy.  The goofy Beast ran over to the Princess's house which is nearby and didn't take a jacket because it IS so close.  He forgot the car was cold and it takes almost until you get there for it to warm up.  Same with the return trip.  I told him, *You nut!  You haven't been feeling good for over two weeks now and you do something stupid like that?*  He just got this stupid look on his face that he makes when he's been caught at something and knows he did wrong.  I call it his *puppy dog* look.  I swear, men can do some of the dumbest things!  Sheesh.

    Well, looks like the temperature is going to drop down to freezing tonight so I'm going to tweek my table top heater a bit.  I'd rather get the room warm BEFORE it gets too cool than to try playing catch up later.  Love you all.  Stay warm.