July 2020

I heard L3 (4 yrs) screaming in the DR in the morning. I came down to find him bucked into his booster seat (unusual) and very upset.

L1 (8yrs): Don’t worry, he just didn’t want to sit in his seat, so I put him in it and buckled him in and now he’s upset, so I brought him the “how big is your problem” calm down card. I told him he has a small problem and a big response.

L1 to L3: Now. You need a calm down tool to help you calm down. Pulls out calm down flip ring. Do you want to do an animal walk? Or draw a picture?

MrsA walked into the house this evening and L3 (4yrs) ran up to meet her with a pair of kids’ scissors.

L3: Mom, you can cut your hair with these! Proceeds to trim front hair

MrsA matter-of-factly: I was wondering when this would happen.

Summary, from L1: I started cutting their hair, but then I realized that we probably shouldn’t, so then I tried to stop it.

Apparently L1 was cutting L3’s hair and then L3 was cutting L2’s hair and his own hair too.

MrsA was telling the interns about the time that B was trying to fly and was hopping before he admitted that he couldn’t fly. B listened to the conversation and added with a laugh..

L2 (6.5yrs): Silly mama! People can’t fly without a jetpack!