Bad Word #1

BIG NEWS!

Charlie lost his first tooth!!  It was only a couple of days ago he first noticed his tooth was loose.  Saturday night at dinner, Charlie bit into a corn cob and it hurt! A few moments later he exclaimed, "I pulled my tooth!" and held the tooth up above his head.  We all cheered! The tooth fairy came for a visit and brought Charlie a $2 gold coin. 

Charlie and his tooth! (and yes, you see a flamingo in my yard.)

Bad Word

Damn it!  Those are the words that came out of my sweet child's mouth when she discovered she didn't have a green marker.  My mouth dropped open and I was speechless.  I wanted to laugh but I knew that was a bad idea.  I asked her what she said and she looked at me and said, "Damn it."    I knew this day was coming.  I'm actually surprised it hasn't happened before now.  Chaney didn't know it was a bad word.  She was repeating a word she had heard someone say.  And I will give her credit, because she used the word correctly!  Erich and I don't cuss (I know its hard to believe), the kids don't watch much TV and the TV they do watch are kid shows, and we don't hang around older kids or adults that curse.  My kids don't know what the actual "bad words" are.  We haven't yet (until Chaney's "Damn it!") encountered a time that we could use as a learning experience to learn about words.   After her exclamation of frustration over not having a green marker, we had a nice talk about that being a bad word that we don't use, even if you hear someone else use it.  It's only a matter of time before one of them drops the big "F bomb."  Hopefully, when it does get used, its in the privacy of our own home and we can have it be another teaching moment!


We got our flu shots the other day.  The kids were so brave.  I was really really proud of them. 

Flu shot battle scars

Charlie earned a Gold Star today at the awards assembly.  Their school has this elaborate reward system.  Let's see if I can get this right... If you get 5 ticks (checkmarks) (these are good), you earn a M&M.  (Not the candy)  You earn 5 M&Ms you get a maroon writstband.  You earn 5 maroon wristbands, you get a white wristband.  You earn 5 white wristbands, you earn a gold star.  It carries over to the next school year.  Charlie is one of a handful of Year One (1st grade) students that have earned a gold star.  And, he missed half of his kindergarten year! As they say in Australia, "Good on ya, Charlie!"

Charlie has a new gold star to wear on his collar when at school.



Tonight, for dessert, we played Candyland with real candy!



The Sydney Paper: 

Ummmm....  Can you do that??! Can you have a headline like that?  No wonder my kid has started cursing!