Sunday, June 9, 2013

The treasure hunt

A1 was in trouble with me for watching more videos than she was allowed to and then lying about it.
I told her that her punishment would be no access to any screen the next day. And that the bigger punishment was that she had lost my trust. She shocked me by saying "I don't mind losing your trust and I like doing other things too so it is ok if I don't get screen time". Madam is all of six and half.
A1 then gave me a card (she is big into making cards)  that said I wouldn't get any cards from her for the rest of my life. I could only react with "Thats ok. I don't mind"
I was wondering what sort of life lessons I was teaching my daughter when she suddenly handed me a paper and said it was a map to a treasure and asked me to find it. I played along and went into my room (as the map told me to) and found another map that led me to her room. She said the treasure was on the bed and as I saw her sitting there, I asked where the treasure was. She said "I am your treasure, Mummy. I am sorry I said you wouldn't get any more cards".
I guess she is too young to understand about something like trust. But in her world not giving a card is mean and she was sorry that she was mean to me. I'll settle for that.

I want to tell Mummy something

We usually put the kids to sleep in their room. Very often one or both of them will sneak back into our room. If it happens after they have been asleep a while, V and I let them get into our bed with us. If they haven't slept at all, we ask them to go back to their room and stay in bed.
One night A2 comes into our room, obviously not having slept at all and V asked him to get back into his room. He says 'But I want to tell Mummy something". V says "Ok, go ahead'. A2 scrambles into bed, lies next to me, gives me a tight hug and says "I want to sleep with you, Mummy". It would have taken a person with a much stronger will than mine to order him back to his bed after that. 

Boodiya Loodi

A1 has a special phrase she usees when she is in a good mood. It goes "Boodiya Loodi'. It has no particular meaning but when she says it it a sure sign she is happy. So a happy conversation between Dad and daughter will end with
A1: Boodiya loodi Daddy, boodiya loodi
Dad: Boodiya loodi A1, boodiya loodi
A1: EEEE (said baring all her teeth)