It's a White Christmas. Boop got a new IPad for Christmas, and then, I downloaded Roblox.
*The End*
Photos from the time before her IPad.
Friday, December 25, 2020
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Not Reading Between the Lines. 5/27/20
Stay-at-Home Orders are not for sissies! It's been a slog working full-time and trying to keep Boop straight. I've grown weary of YouTube and JoJo. And Annoying Orange. And every other YouTuber that has to SHOUT.EVERYTHING.THEY.SAY! Maybe it's just Boop. Maybe it's your kid, too. If so, I feel for you. Although I envy the 9-month-working-folks somewhat, we're all in the same boat. A therapy person asked how I was taking care of myself. I stared blankly at her. What does that mean?
Educational activities are a struggle. I can tolerate screen time if she is learning something useful. So imagine my shock when her Diary of a Wimpy Kid books arrived from Gammy's Ebay order. We waited a day to let the COVID 19 cooties rest and dug into her random collection of Wimpy Kid books. It was about 1PM when C settled on her first book to read. She read the first 70 pages to Gammy on the phone. I actually dozed off for a few minutes, a result of too many work days that start before 5AM. After they finished their Facetime, C continued to read for about 2 more hours to finish the 200+ pages of the book! That was a major feat for a struggling reader.
When she finished, she asked me what she would get for reading such a big book. Flashbacks all the research saying how bad it was to give rewards for something you want your kids to value for its own merit. I explained that reading was its own reward. I told her that as a reward, she could get another book to read. And I would post on her 'Baby Book.' So here she is. My very capable reader. And now she's working on her own spin-off, "Diary of a Savage Mom." I wonder who inspired that?
Educational activities are a struggle. I can tolerate screen time if she is learning something useful. So imagine my shock when her Diary of a Wimpy Kid books arrived from Gammy's Ebay order. We waited a day to let the COVID 19 cooties rest and dug into her random collection of Wimpy Kid books. It was about 1PM when C settled on her first book to read. She read the first 70 pages to Gammy on the phone. I actually dozed off for a few minutes, a result of too many work days that start before 5AM. After they finished their Facetime, C continued to read for about 2 more hours to finish the 200+ pages of the book! That was a major feat for a struggling reader.
When she finished, she asked me what she would get for reading such a big book. Flashbacks all the research saying how bad it was to give rewards for something you want your kids to value for its own merit. I explained that reading was its own reward. I told her that as a reward, she could get another book to read. And I would post on her 'Baby Book.' So here she is. My very capable reader. And now she's working on her own spin-off, "Diary of a Savage Mom." I wonder who inspired that?
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