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I struggled today with Devon to get his homework done. Man, I know EVERYONE says their kid is a genius, but I gotta say, he blew my mind with his evasion techniques. :) The first excuse was a cough. He said he was coughing, and that he thought he should watch TV instead of doing his homework. He went on to explain that if he coughed on the paper, then a classmate touched the paper, they might get a cough too. So basically, he couldn't do his homework, because he is such a health conscious and selfless person. Good to know, GREAT try, ... didn't work.
The second attempt came in the form of a headache. He said his head was hurting so bad. When I asked why his head hurt, he said that he thought it was from too much coloring. All of the coloring he had to do on his homework, gave him a headache. This was not effective either.
He almost had me with the final attempt...After sternly telling him "DO NOT come back into this studio, until your homework is finished", he showed up light tapping my window. He came in and said " it's a GOOD thing that I came in here for. I broke my pencil and I don't have another one. So I should probably just watch TV now." Then he smiled that smile that just melts my heart.... not this time though. I was DETERMINED! I would find a pencil and my son would not win this fight.
I have to say that Bart and I scoured that station, and even the storage unit, in an effort to find a pencil. We searched and searched, amid my pleas, "Bart, we HAVE to find a pencil. I can not let him win this." I could not go down with a blow from a 5 year old. He suggested run down to Spaulding's and see if they have a pencil. Bwahahahaha. They had 2 :). I happily skipped back upstairs, and put the pencil down in front of my son. He looked up at me, and with a tone of disbelief that his mother had just trumped him, he said "WHAT?".
We finished the homework. My hair is standing on end, and my stomach hurts from running to the bedroom, to laugh where Devon can't hear me. All worth it though, because we got the homework DONE!!!!!!
I struggled today with Devon to get his homework done. Man, I know EVERYONE says their kid is a genius, but I gotta say, he blew my mind with his evasion techniques. :) The first excuse was a cough. He said he was coughing, and that he thought he should watch TV instead of doing his homework. He went on to explain that if he coughed on the paper, then a classmate touched the paper, they might get a cough too. So basically, he couldn't do his homework, because he is such a health conscious and selfless person. Good to know, GREAT try, ... didn't work.
The second attempt came in the form of a headache. He said his head was hurting so bad. When I asked why his head hurt, he said that he thought it was from too much coloring. All of the coloring he had to do on his homework, gave him a headache. This was not effective either.
He almost had me with the final attempt...After sternly telling him "DO NOT come back into this studio, until your homework is finished", he showed up light tapping my window. He came in and said " it's a GOOD thing that I came in here for. I broke my pencil and I don't have another one. So I should probably just watch TV now." Then he smiled that smile that just melts my heart.... not this time though. I was DETERMINED! I would find a pencil and my son would not win this fight.
I have to say that Bart and I scoured that station, and even the storage unit, in an effort to find a pencil. We searched and searched, amid my pleas, "Bart, we HAVE to find a pencil. I can not let him win this." I could not go down with a blow from a 5 year old. He suggested run down to Spaulding's and see if they have a pencil. Bwahahahaha. They had 2 :). I happily skipped back upstairs, and put the pencil down in front of my son. He looked up at me, and with a tone of disbelief that his mother had just trumped him, he said "WHAT?".
We finished the homework. My hair is standing on end, and my stomach hurts from running to the bedroom, to laugh where Devon can't hear me. All worth it though, because we got the homework DONE!!!!!!
These are the best moments in parenting! Great job, Mom. :)
ReplyDeleteI would never tell Devon, but I have laughed all night over our little Homework chess game. It really was fun and hilarious to hear some of the things my kids can come up with.
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