He's sitting on the kid sized wooden chair, raising the dowel over his head, breathing out as instructed. Lowering it, he rests the long stick on his lap.
"I hate vision therapy!" he says.
Kneeling on the floor next to him, without moving my head, I dart my eyes to the left, toward Mater, on the floor. Seth knows, if he gives me any more trouble, his toy Mater "gets it."
No time for Mother of the Year. We need to get this done. We've just a few minutes before school. His love of Cars, The Movie is his weakness and I'm hitting him where it hurts.
He glares at me and picks up the dowel.
"Fwhooo...." he breathes out as he raises it above his head one more time.
Superhero Seth has bought Mater another 24.
There has to be a better way.
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Today, I give him an incentive. If he finishes vision therapy without fussing, he can watch Curious George before school. Usually, it's no TV in the morning.
Half-way through, he says,
"Mom. Maybe you should get my Curious George toy from the playroom downstairs."
"Why, Seth?"
"So if I screw around, you can throw it away."
13 comments:
Sigh. I understand. You do what you gotta do.
He'll thank you for it years from now.
No! He did NOT say "If I screw around!" LOOOOOVVVVVE him!
Gotta love that kid and his sense of moral justice. Bless him!
Good, little grasshopper. You are learning well.
Thanks for the laugh!
That is so funny! Little kids are so smart - and parents just gotta do what it takes to get the job done. Good Work!
LOL...I guess he calls 'em as he sees 'em!
You just wait until he starts telling you what to do or else it's the old age home for you, missy!
Your kids are hysterically funny.
Negotiating "trucks"...I mean tricks can work.
I do that, too. If you don't do this, then I will do that. My youngest, the stinker, comes back with,"Mom, if I do this, can I do that?"
They catch on, don't they?
HA!!! I love that kid! Go Seth! (Diane is waiting for your call.)
Kim
What?! LOLOLOLOL!
That's funny.
:)
too smart by half.
sigh.
Oh, he is good!! Too funny! When Hannh was in 3rd grade she did Vision Therapy and hated every second of the homework part of it. I admire you for hanging in there and and being creative with your attempts to keep him going. But I gotta give him a lot of credit, he is a smart little guy, who has it figured out. Made me laugh. Thanks for sharing.
Seth. Superhero. Super kid.
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