I was in the kitchen tonight, and DD1 wandered in with a note book and pencil.
DD1: Mum, what are your plans for tomorrow?
Me: Well once you girls are in school I will work for a couple of hours, then cook lunch, and in the afternoon I am hoping to do some sewing, but will probably end up doing laundry and cleaning.
DD1: So how long would you say you are planning to work for?
Me: Probably 2 - 3 hours. Why? Is this for a school assignment?
DD1: No, it's not for school. I am making a schedule. I've put you down for 1 hour in the morning.
Me: One hour of what in the morning? I really have to work tomorrow, and you are off on a school trip, so what do you need me to do for a whole hour?
DD1: Cuddle Ruby so she won't be lonely while I am away. I am making a schedule because she looks forward to human interaction, and I won't be here. I have put you down for 1 hour of Ruby Time in the morning. You can do it while you work.
Me: Technically she only looks forward to human interaction with you. Every time I hold her she bites me or climbs back over to you. Plus I don't think holding Ruby is conducive to a high level of productivity in the office.
DD1: Yes it is - for example the reason I am so good at languages is because Ruby always helps me with my homework.
Me: So you don't think the reason that you speak multiple languages has anything to do with the amazing linguistic education you receive at school, and the fact that most Swiss people speak several languages well?
DD1: No - it's because Ruby always helps me with my homework.
We now have a schedule for 'Ruby Time' whilst DD1 is off on her 'bonding trip'* although I may (or may not) stick to it.....
*As a slight aside DD1 started at the local high school last week, where she knows very few children.
This week her class of 18 children are off on a 'bonding trip' which has caused much hilarity in our home.
Of course the real purpose of the trip (hiking with all of their food and overnight supplies, making fires, sleeping in a mountain hut, etc) is to allow a group of children who don't really know each other to form friendships outside of the academic environment.
But the whole 'bonding' process has a different meaning in a household of guinea pig owners.
I have told DD1 in no uncertain terms that even if she doesn't like one of her new classmates, it is never ok to bite them or pee on them
DD1: Mum, what are your plans for tomorrow?
Me: Well once you girls are in school I will work for a couple of hours, then cook lunch, and in the afternoon I am hoping to do some sewing, but will probably end up doing laundry and cleaning.
DD1: So how long would you say you are planning to work for?
Me: Probably 2 - 3 hours. Why? Is this for a school assignment?
DD1: No, it's not for school. I am making a schedule. I've put you down for 1 hour in the morning.
Me: One hour of what in the morning? I really have to work tomorrow, and you are off on a school trip, so what do you need me to do for a whole hour?
DD1: Cuddle Ruby so she won't be lonely while I am away. I am making a schedule because she looks forward to human interaction, and I won't be here. I have put you down for 1 hour of Ruby Time in the morning. You can do it while you work.
Me: Technically she only looks forward to human interaction with you. Every time I hold her she bites me or climbs back over to you. Plus I don't think holding Ruby is conducive to a high level of productivity in the office.
DD1: Yes it is - for example the reason I am so good at languages is because Ruby always helps me with my homework.
Me: So you don't think the reason that you speak multiple languages has anything to do with the amazing linguistic education you receive at school, and the fact that most Swiss people speak several languages well?
DD1: No - it's because Ruby always helps me with my homework.
We now have a schedule for 'Ruby Time' whilst DD1 is off on her 'bonding trip'* although I may (or may not) stick to it.....
*As a slight aside DD1 started at the local high school last week, where she knows very few children.
This week her class of 18 children are off on a 'bonding trip' which has caused much hilarity in our home.
Of course the real purpose of the trip (hiking with all of their food and overnight supplies, making fires, sleeping in a mountain hut, etc) is to allow a group of children who don't really know each other to form friendships outside of the academic environment.
But the whole 'bonding' process has a different meaning in a household of guinea pig owners.
I have told DD1 in no uncertain terms that even if she doesn't like one of her new classmates, it is never ok to bite them or pee on them
