/daughter moments. You know when she's had her shower, she tired, she's in her bed with all 36 of her stuffed animals, and we are giving our final good nights for the day... You see, she got her first (of many probably) check mark yesterday at school. So no TV. Which just kills the child 'cause even at five years old she has "her shows". She likes to come in after a long day of learning at school, prop her feet up, enjoy her snack in front of Dora/Diego/Max & Ruby, whatever happens to be on. But not this time, and due to her behavior when we left Melissa's house (the dreaded long car ride home) she couldn't watch TV yesterday either. Now Brook loves attention. And she does well with lots of positive praise. "Oh, I like the way you used nice words Brook. I love how you raised your hand." Those types of things and she can easily do a complete flip when doesn't get those praises. So we will reinforce her positive behavior with positive praise and she should straighten out soon. She has to earn her TV rights today and I think she will do so.
Back to my story... So I was putting her in bed, the usual routine and I was feeling a tad bit sorry for her, 'cause she'd had a rough day in her own little eyes. She stared into my face, watching me tell her goodnight (remember no hearing at night) and she watched me "mouthing" my "I love you's"...she watched me tell her in my unvoiced but exaggerated facials "be good tomorrow, you can watch TV". She's not typically a star lip reader but she manages and we are working o
n that. She held up her "I love you" sign, and I gave her one right back...It was hard for me to believe such a sweet and precious child can sometimes work as hard as she does for negative attention...but again, we are working on that. I hugged her tight and she smiled what appeared to be an innocent and tired little grin....but apparently she had me fooled! That was no innocent and tired grin, it was the evil grin of a sly child who had just fooled her mom into putting her to bed with her processors on. She enjoyed watching me in sound vs. silence and she shared her evil laughter with the whole house, 'cause she got me.
We're off to a MAPping for Gage, B's going to school, Gage will be late. HEAR Center, here we come!
3 comments:
Oh, she's a sly one! Too funny. Too bad she got a check mark so early in the week, but I suppose the rules of kindergarten can be tough for little ones.
Crikey, a check mark on her first few days... thats hard!! But I love your kids characters!!
Oh my Val! If she doesn't remind me of my Kailyn.
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