Guess what??
So are my kids. Of course, they're also envelope pushers and limit testers, but they understand rules. May I point you to exhibit A:
She stayed up until 9 last night defining her "expectations" for both herself AND the remaining family members. Here, on yellow paper, we see "Parent Expectations", or the rules set forth by the parents:
1. Do not go play or go get ice cream when parents are gone!!!
2. Do not go in backyard (when parents are gone).
3. Read slinlently or play an actvanty slinlently too!
4. Call if in an emergency!
5. If get angry, take belly breathes to 1,2,3 or go to my room.
6. Be kind to others not be mean do not plus say hurt feelings or bad words.
7. Be safe, be respectful, be kind, be responsable ride safely always were a helmet when ride your bike or motor scooter.
8. If someone is coming fast on their bike when a person is riding their bike straight and other going sideway be careful we had a bike crash with Erian and Kamari. Erian got hurt she fell and crash into Kamari then Noe had to go tell Ilyasah, tell about what happened to Erian.
8. If you are riding your bike in the driveway or street, watch out cause cars might be comeing to a person house or to their home.
Follow us at our home or facebook on the web. Noe can do this!
Of course in the name of justice and equity, there is an accompanying sheet of Noe's expectations, or rules she would like to see implemented, spelled out on green paper for your reading convenience:
1. Do not play piano cause hurts my ears or might distract me and my BFF thinking.
2. Stay out BOYSZ! expect Skip, mommy, BFF or a bro or sis or Kamari.
3. Eat nice and play right. Be nice do not be rude, mean or be a bully.
4. Be safe be kind be polite and nice!
5. Ask Noe nicely to play PlayStation.
6. Were helmet to ride our own bike or motor scooter or scooter.
7. Let me take care of something and let me be frist.
8. If don't still understand, ask Mrs. B or A *(that would be me... you can call me Mrs. B, or you can call me A, apparently)
9. I expect everyone to play nicely and put things away apropretly.
10. Follow directions.
So there you have it. Do you think you could survive in our house?? I promise, we're actually a little bit fun in spite of our obsessive ways...
5 comments:
Dear Mrs. B,
...well...actually I prefer, "A"...you know...it's less formal...
This was all KINDS of AWESOME.
I think it is great that she takes belly breathes, as she called them, to calm herself.
I am highly impressed by both lists. I am ready to visit your house because I know all that is expected of me.
Oh, that does my heart proud. I love me an OCD child. God bless her!
You must be so proud! This must be genetics.
Seriously. That is fantastic.
I love nice lists of rules. It's always interesting how easy it is to make them for everyone but myself! On the whole deployment thing: you and your family are so brave and selfless to serve the rest of us this way. It's so small to just say thank you, but thank you.
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