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conulya kid who is apparently her bestest friend ever. They were really close in pre-k and kindergarten and used to get up to all kinds of shenanigans when the teacher wasn't looking, and we thought she'd forget about this friend, but two years later she still talks about her all the time.
So I finally called the girl's mother up and explained the situation and agreed to meet up next time the nieces are here for a weekend.
The trouble is this. Eva's friend, B, has an older sister, A. A is in Ana's grade, and Ana can't *stand* this girl. She thinks this girl is the meanest child in the whole school, that she's bossy and manipulative, that anybody who even is friendly with this child is tainted by the association and probably only doing it to stay on her good side anyway. She refers to the girl's two closest friends as her "minions" and "servants". I'm not joking, and this is plainly proof that we let them read too much. Less vocabulary-building books, more mindless TV, that's the stuff.
This kid may or may not have actually intended to make the end of second grade and part of third miserable for Ana, but to hear Ana tell it that was absolutely the effect.
I did not at all explain any of this to B's mother. Forget that! I can just hope that if various kids do get together then their mother doesn't invite A to go along with us. The nieces don't like being separated too much during playtime (joined at the hip, seriously), so we don't want to have to resort to Ana having convenient plans that keep her from going wherever with us.
So I finally called the girl's mother up and explained the situation and agreed to meet up next time the nieces are here for a weekend.
The trouble is this. Eva's friend, B, has an older sister, A. A is in Ana's grade, and Ana can't *stand* this girl. She thinks this girl is the meanest child in the whole school, that she's bossy and manipulative, that anybody who even is friendly with this child is tainted by the association and probably only doing it to stay on her good side anyway. She refers to the girl's two closest friends as her "minions" and "servants". I'm not joking, and this is plainly proof that we let them read too much. Less vocabulary-building books, more mindless TV, that's the stuff.
This kid may or may not have actually intended to make the end of second grade and part of third miserable for Ana, but to hear Ana tell it that was absolutely the effect.
I did not at all explain any of this to B's mother. Forget that! I can just hope that if various kids do get together then their mother doesn't invite A to go along with us. The nieces don't like being separated too much during playtime (joined at the hip, seriously), so we don't want to have to resort to Ana having convenient plans that keep her from going wherever with us.
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Date: 2012-09-26 01:10 am (UTC)My daughter cracked me up, when she was in about fourth grade, describing her teacher "hunting for miscreants"
With any luck, the mother of A. and B. is also hearing a similar litany of complaint about Ana from A. and thus Eva and B. will get a chance to play together without their respective sisters having it out with each other.
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Date: 2012-09-26 02:06 am (UTC)2. I must teach the nieces the term "lickspittle", absolutely. It's right up there with "wantwit".
3. God, I hope so. I like my awkwardness totally mutual.