There once was a little girl...
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conuly
Who had a little cu-
Oh, never mind, you know the rest.
Today, in the morning, Ana was the sweetest little angel. I was lying down on the floor, and she wanted me to get up because "You make the fyoor dirty, Connie!" (Which is why I told her she had to pick up the cloth she'd tossed on the floor, because we don't want a messy floor.)
So I told her my back hurts, which it did only a little.
Cue the air of concern: Oh, Connie! If your back hurts, you hafta tell me. And you go poo-poo on the toilet, but that's all right.
(See, Ana's been holding in her poo because she wants to go on the toilet - but she's unable for some reason to go on the toilet. Eventually, this leads to her being unwilling to sit on the toilet for any reason, and then she complains that her tummy hurts. So I've taken to reminding her that it's okay to go in her diaper (when we're out, or she's sleeping, she has a diaper), especially if she can't go on the toilet) Which is what this whole conversation references.)
And then in the afternoon, she gets mad because I'm not letting her play with the VERY DELICATE cookbook I was looking at, so she snatches it out of my hand, runs off, and tosses it out the window. In the space of a blink. Except I hadn't blinked. (Blunk? Doesn't blunk sound right, though? It does!) I just couldn't possibly react fast enough, even had I known she'd throw it onto the downstairs roof.
Grr.
I may end up buying another copy. Not the paperback though - that fell apart.
Oh, never mind, you know the rest.
Today, in the morning, Ana was the sweetest little angel. I was lying down on the floor, and she wanted me to get up because "You make the fyoor dirty, Connie!" (Which is why I told her she had to pick up the cloth she'd tossed on the floor, because we don't want a messy floor.)
So I told her my back hurts, which it did only a little.
Cue the air of concern: Oh, Connie! If your back hurts, you hafta tell me. And you go poo-poo on the toilet, but that's all right.
(See, Ana's been holding in her poo because she wants to go on the toilet - but she's unable for some reason to go on the toilet. Eventually, this leads to her being unwilling to sit on the toilet for any reason, and then she complains that her tummy hurts. So I've taken to reminding her that it's okay to go in her diaper (when we're out, or she's sleeping, she has a diaper), especially if she can't go on the toilet) Which is what this whole conversation references.)
And then in the afternoon, she gets mad because I'm not letting her play with the VERY DELICATE cookbook I was looking at, so she snatches it out of my hand, runs off, and tosses it out the window. In the space of a blink. Except I hadn't blinked. (Blunk? Doesn't blunk sound right, though? It does!) I just couldn't possibly react fast enough, even had I known she'd throw it onto the downstairs roof.
Grr.
I may end up buying another copy. Not the paperback though - that fell apart.
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Date: 2006-03-31 04:52 am (UTC)I mean, it wouldn't be so much if it were an important book of mine, but... it's a cute story. ;-) (I suppose you thought so too on some level, which is why you shared...)
The back story is cute too! :-D
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:21 am (UTC)That sort of thing is so beyond "unacceptable" it's not even funny. Destruction of other people's property is not okay.
Although I suspect her crankiness in the afternoon had a lot to do with how sick she was.
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:23 am (UTC)Did it really destroy the book, though??
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:26 am (UTC)Anyway, there's no way of us *getting* the book unless the people downstairs finally come home and we can ask them to go out and get it. Think it's gonna rain tonight, too.
So... yes, it destroyed the book.
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:29 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:34 am (UTC)Actually, I figured out why I found it cute. It was very, VERY morally misguided, but it was at least a more creative way of destruction than most... I mean, she really is an intelligent kid, as you've shown us time and time again.
I'm very sorry about your book, though. You know how much I hate to hear about destroyed books!!
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:40 am (UTC)You know what she told me when she got through with her time-out, and was going through our obligatory question-and-answer session?
Connie: Why did you throw the book out the window, Ana?
Ana: Cuz, cuz, cuz... Cuz... Cuz I hit the car! It's dangerous to throw in the house!
The kid's a terror and I never noticed. She's lucky she *didn't* hit anything. (Also note that I don't believe this story for a second. She didn't have the time to come up with this motive prior to the action. I think she just wanted me to not have the book.)
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:45 am (UTC)But you know what? I trust you will help her direct her intellect and creativity in a good way. So there. Think of it as a lot of good potential to work with!
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:53 am (UTC)But I find that a lot of the time she really doesn't *know* why she does things. And so she'll throw out answers at random to buy her time to think (so she'll mumble a bit, and then say "Cuz I wan away!" or "Cuz I yike the apples!" as her reason for "why did you do this", which is clearly nonsensical), but even with time to think, I don't think she has the ability to actually do that sort of introspection most of the time.
Sometimes she comes up with an answer that I think probably *is* true - she pokes the baby's face to see her smile, she ran away from the bathroom at the BCM because she thought she had to sit on the scary toilets, she likes 'Eddystone Light' because she likes the "yo ho HO!" part. But mostly I think she doesn't know, and doesn't understand that "I don't know" is an acceptable (if irritating and not especially helpful) answer.
So I think what actually happened is she thought about it and decided that she *must* have wanted to hit the cars. She's relating the story as she sees it, but I suspect that what she sees now doesn't actually fit in with what was going on at the time.
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:58 am (UTC)Either way, I think the logic of not throwing things in the house was pretty intelligent of her. So I found that part rather endearing.
I mean, I understand that I am COMPLETELY looking at this from an outsider's POV, so it's a lot easier for me to go, "aww!" when it's not me getting my book destroyed and having to deal with frustrating answers. So sorry if I seem to take this too lightly. But you've got one adorably smart kid on your hands, even if she misbehaves and is frustrating at times.
And while I'm at it, I have to say that I think you handle her remarkably well. You should be proud.
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Date: 2006-03-31 06:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-01 02:16 am (UTC)I was *pissed*.
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Date: 2006-03-31 04:52 am (UTC)I mean, it wouldn't be so much if it were an important book of mine, but... it's a cute story. ;-) (I suppose you thought so too on some level, which is why you shared...)
The back story is cute too! :-D
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:21 am (UTC)That sort of thing is so beyond "unacceptable" it's not even funny. Destruction of other people's property is not okay.
Although I suspect her crankiness in the afternoon had a lot to do with how sick she was.
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:23 am (UTC)Did it really destroy the book, though??
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:26 am (UTC)Anyway, there's no way of us *getting* the book unless the people downstairs finally come home and we can ask them to go out and get it. Think it's gonna rain tonight, too.
So... yes, it destroyed the book.
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-31 05:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-31 05:34 am (UTC)Actually, I figured out why I found it cute. It was very, VERY morally misguided, but it was at least a more creative way of destruction than most... I mean, she really is an intelligent kid, as you've shown us time and time again.
I'm very sorry about your book, though. You know how much I hate to hear about destroyed books!!
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:40 am (UTC)You know what she told me when she got through with her time-out, and was going through our obligatory question-and-answer session?
Connie: Why did you throw the book out the window, Ana?
Ana: Cuz, cuz, cuz... Cuz... Cuz I hit the car! It's dangerous to throw in the house!
The kid's a terror and I never noticed. She's lucky she *didn't* hit anything. (Also note that I don't believe this story for a second. She didn't have the time to come up with this motive prior to the action. I think she just wanted me to not have the book.)
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:45 am (UTC)But you know what? I trust you will help her direct her intellect and creativity in a good way. So there. Think of it as a lot of good potential to work with!
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:53 am (UTC)But I find that a lot of the time she really doesn't *know* why she does things. And so she'll throw out answers at random to buy her time to think (so she'll mumble a bit, and then say "Cuz I wan away!" or "Cuz I yike the apples!" as her reason for "why did you do this", which is clearly nonsensical), but even with time to think, I don't think she has the ability to actually do that sort of introspection most of the time.
Sometimes she comes up with an answer that I think probably *is* true - she pokes the baby's face to see her smile, she ran away from the bathroom at the BCM because she thought she had to sit on the scary toilets, she likes 'Eddystone Light' because she likes the "yo ho HO!" part. But mostly I think she doesn't know, and doesn't understand that "I don't know" is an acceptable (if irritating and not especially helpful) answer.
So I think what actually happened is she thought about it and decided that she *must* have wanted to hit the cars. She's relating the story as she sees it, but I suspect that what she sees now doesn't actually fit in with what was going on at the time.
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Date: 2006-03-31 05:58 am (UTC)Either way, I think the logic of not throwing things in the house was pretty intelligent of her. So I found that part rather endearing.
I mean, I understand that I am COMPLETELY looking at this from an outsider's POV, so it's a lot easier for me to go, "aww!" when it's not me getting my book destroyed and having to deal with frustrating answers. So sorry if I seem to take this too lightly. But you've got one adorably smart kid on your hands, even if she misbehaves and is frustrating at times.
And while I'm at it, I have to say that I think you handle her remarkably well. You should be proud.
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Date: 2006-03-31 06:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-01 02:16 am (UTC)I was *pissed*.