 |
| Art and Photo Blog | Unschooling Portfolio | Country Life | This Mom Writes |
|
If you were looking for oddities, you came to the right place. I'm an unschooling mom and writer living on the Canadian prairies.
Topical Index:~Sermonology with Breakneck Dave~Life-Led Lessons in the Living School ~Field Trips ~Family Fanaticism ~Projects ~Mom Mumblings ~RANTISHNESS ~WRITISHNESS |
wild (but not uncultivated) musings of a Canadian unschool momHome | Archives | contact Killer Bunnies: How to Get a Surly Pre-Teen's Attention2:43 PM - May. 31, 2007 - Add to the Wildness
We were sitting down to a meal one day, and couldn't rouse Spazzerific out of his basement dungeon. Dave and I were tired, and I was ready to let the inattentive 10-year-old miss his meal altogether. "I'll get him," said Banana Brain cheerily. "All I have to do is get the bunny, and he'll come running up here to kill it." We had no idea what she was talking about, but then she produced a tiny wind-up toy that our dear Tante from church had given her at Easter. She wound it up, and it went hopping across the dining room floor above where the Spazz's room is located. I did not see how this tiny thing could possibly have any impact on him, and was ready to tell Banana Brain to sit down and eat her dinner. Before I could open my mouth, the Spazz came flying up the stairs, yelling, "Where is it?!? I'm going to smash that thing!! That is SO annoying!" Banana Brain pocketed the bunny with a smile and one of her incomparable winks as everyone burst out laughing. Today, when it hit 9:30, and the Spazz still showed no signs of emerging from his lair for breakfast, I turned to Banana with a raised eyebrow and said, "Get the bunny."
|
Links
Life-Led Learning
Recent Entries~ Cross-Canada Trip Journal~~ Wondering What to Blog About? Me Too....~~ How Do Faith and Culture Connect for You?~~ Expert Acknowledges Social Retardation in Teens....~~ Attached Parenting after Toddlerhood~
|
 [ <5 | << | < | > ] Homeschooling BlogRing [ >> | >5 | ? | # ] |