damn radical unschooling!!!

majikfaerie · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:00 pm

it's all blowing up in my face! :bang

today i was having an accupuncture treatment, and just before the doctor showed up, dd decided she wanted to clean up her room - and not just clean it up, really organise her toy boxes and stuff.

so then the doctor arrived to do the treatment, and dd wouldn't stop hassling me and disturbing. I tried to get dp to help her with her room, and suggested they go for a bike ride down to the post office (something dd normally loves to do). only no-go. she wanted my attention.
so i went into my bedroom with the doctor to get the treatment, and he was suggesting that it would be best if we could have quiet so i can fully relax. so i called to dp that he could take dd to the shop to buy her a treat.
and dd said "I don't want to go to the shop to get a chocolate! I Just want to CLEAN MY ROOM!"
all i could do was laugh.
all that radical unschooling was backfiring on me - i couldn't even bribe my kid with chocolate if i wanted to :lol

(I did get my treatment in the end btw - just had to ask dd to clean up her room quietly)

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Hahaha! What a hoot!

majikfaerie · **Posted:** Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:03 pm

oh and dd's room is now spotless

valleysprite · **Posted:** Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:20 pm

she's amazing

artemis-of-the-eucalypts · **Posted:** Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:26 pm

It must be an age thing MF, C has decided that it is now actually possible for her to tidy her room too....properly! Love it!

Serenity · **Joined:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:12 pm **Posts:** 348

artemis-of-the-eucalypts wrote:

It must be an age thing MF, C has decided that it is now actually possible for her to tidy her room too....properly! Love it!

Great, how old are these girls? My dd is nearly 5 and I'm just wondering how much longer I need to wait ??!! :giggle

majikfaerie · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:41 pm

my dd is 6 and 3/4
I think she got into the "thing" of tidying her room when she got her own room for the first time, about a year ago.

artemis-of-the-eucalypts · **Posted:** Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:33 pm

C is 6 1/2....nearly there Serenity!

yeshedawa · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:17 pm

mine's 7 and I'm still waiting (but this is my habitat mumma and it's just how I like it) :giggle

valleysprite · **Posted:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:07 pm

mmmm. my DS1 just turned 10, and I still have to write him a list of what he needs to do in order to tidy his room!

Serenity · **Joined:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:12 pm **Posts:** 348

Dang and I starting to feel so positive :smiliewave

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Ariad · **Joined:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:14 pm **Posts:** 2643

gddh

majikfaerie · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:53 am

that's a classic! (was it actually brought and not bought?)
and secretly; while I hope DD absorbs my penchant for correct grammar and usage, I don't really want her to pick up on my habit of pedantry. I've realised it's incredibly annoying and doesn't really raise the standards of language :oops:

artemis-of-the-eucalypts · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:54 pm

majikfaerie wrote:

I've realised it's incredibly annoying and doesn't really raise the standards of language :oops:

snigger

majikfaerie · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:52 pm

artemis-of-the-eucalypts wrote:

snigger

You needed a capital S there, love.

artemis-of-the-eucalypts · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:58 pm

That's so, very annoying. hahaha

majikfaerie · **Posted:** Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:11 pm

damn radical unschooling!!!

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