SBean is usually pretty shy. In public at least
😜. This week she had a major throw down when we were leaving Preschool. She wanted to sit on the chair to put on her boots and her PSBesty was in it. Because it wasn’t wet out… Yet, I suggested just putting on her boots without sitting down. However, she started doing her thing of late, whining “PLEEEAASSSEEEE” at the top of her lungs and reaching up at me while also leaning against me. I got right down to her level and told her I wasn’t changing my mind and that she had just lost dessert. I tried to continue my conversation with one of the other Moms and the teacher while ignoring her but that obviously did not work. I took her by the hand and quickly changed her boots and put on her jacket and turned her towards her teacher and said, “you need to apologize to Miss L for your bad behavior.”She hid behind my leg in embarrassment but refused to apologize.
Miss L said she would see her tomorrow
On the way home we sat and talked about her behaviour and the apology. I told her that when she was ready and really meant it she should apologize because her behaviour was not nice.
The next day Ninja went to pick her up from Preschool as soon as they left I got a message from Miss L. She just wanted to let me know that SBean had genuinely apologized to her and to tell us how proud she was of her.
When SBean and Ninja got home, Ninja told me that the first thing she talked about in the van was how she apologized. She was proud of herself too 😊.
Now although that’s good, her attitude hasn’t changed
😐. She’s proud of herself for apologizing and I am proud of her as well. Apparently that’s where it ends. Grrrrrr.HBear is also… Challenging.
She just turned 8 and all of a sudden friendship, boys and girl drama has become a thing.
She has been having some social issues and she seems to be taking out her frustrations here at home. At the beginning of the year I emailed all of her Besty’s Moms, I let them know that if my daughter was being an asshole they need to let me know. They agreed and said the same about their Girls. Even though the girls are having problems I don’t want to get into it. I don’t think it is bullying, I think it is girls being girls and HBear needs to learn how to handle these type of situations herself. All I can do is keep telling her to trust her heart. Friends don’t give you ultimatums and hold their friendship ransom.
But, she is devastated. It is also come up in other areas of her life. She came out of Acro Jazz the other day and said, “Mom I don’t like getting to dance early because all the kids sit together and I don’t fit in.” HBear is weird. She’s much younger than the rest of the kids and her immaturity shows sometimes. I say immaturity because she is more immature than her older friends but she is very mature for just turning 8. She is a deep thinker and over thinks things. The kids in her dance all go to the same school. They also do 3 to 5 classes a week and HBear is active in so many things that she only does 1 dance class a week. I reminded her that she fits in with her swimming friends. It just so happens that swim kids are kind of weird too
😳 3 out of the 5 kids in her Gifted class are also in swimming. I also reminded her about all of her Girl Guide friends.Some things that we have been noticing just don’t seem like her, for instance,
The other day she said, “I squashed a bug.” I said, “Did you? That’s not nice.” Then she said, “No I didn’t.” I said, “Oh good because you know bugs are living things too and don’t deserve to be squashed by a big person like you.” She looked at me like I was dumb and said, “no I didn’t because it’s too cold out and there are no bugs.” 😳
Or,
I was changing her sheets the other day and found Quality Street chocolate wrappers.
Speaking of exhausting, keeping her on task and focussed is a full-time fucking job. I am so over it. If anybody has any tools on how to keep my extremely smart 8 year old focussed… please let me know! I mean, I send her into the bathroom to brush her teeth and I walk in 20 minutes later and she’s got everything pulled out of the drawer, organizing it in rows on the ground. Not only did she completely forget what she went into the bathroom for but when you remind her she bursts into tears. I’m honestly at a loss! HBear takes “Squirrel” to a whole new freaking level!
The whole week wasn’t just temper tantrum’s and meltdowns although if I’m being honest the majority of it was LOL in between though we made time to make Valentines! SBean chose chocolate heart Emoji Valentines.
HBear chose bookmarks she would colour for all of her friends. However, being a realist I knew there was no way she could colour 27 bookmarks even in 2 weeks… hell 2 YEARS 😂!
She finished 1 page but all it did was bring 1 question to my mind… “Who the Hell is Josh?” 😳
So, we ended up finding cute printable bookmarks and we decorated them with sparkly paper, pretty ribbon, and tasty gummy worms!
Of course this week was Super Bowl! None of us are really into football, well Ninja is but that doesn’t count 😘. I looked at this year’s Super Bowl as more of a political allegory. I was obviously pulling for the Falcons but it wasn’t meant to be, I bet Trump is sitting there all Mr. Burns style tapping his fingers together chuckling how the Patriots won because he deemed it so 👹.
Personally I enjoyed the amazing commercials like 84 Lumber, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, and anything with Mr. Spicer I mean Melissa McCarthy in it 💛.
I also loved Lady Gaga’s halftime performance! She made her point without being in your face, she put on 1 hell of a show, and she looked phenomenal!
We had a picnic in the living room and made Taco Dip, wings, and not too spicy, child friendly Crockpot Chili! So yummy!
Crockpot Chili with Black Beans & Corn
Adapted from Chew Out Loud
1.5 lbs ground beef
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon oil
1 large can tomato sauce
16 oz can diced tomatoes, with juices
1 can black beans, drained
1 can corn
4 cloves garlic, pressed
1 bell peppers, seeded and chopped
1 large onion, chopped
3 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1/2 teaspoon allspice
Toppings: shredded cheddar cheese, chopped fresh cilantro and sour cream
Mix uncooked ground meat with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Mix together well.
Garnish with desired toppings.
SBean played games! She is especially into the Enchanted Forest and Disney Princess Yahtzee.
Halfway through the week it began to snow.
The next day we woke up to a winter wonderland.
Both of the girls loved the Super Bowl halftime show as well! SBean was a dancing machine in her fairy wings LOL.
During,
And the after,
Next week Ninja and I will be in… Las Vegas! So no new post next week but the following week I’ll have a full recap of our 3 day getaway to Las Vegas and how you can do it for under $1500! Have a great week 😊