At Starbucks this morning…

November 29, 2010 at 8:44 am (british ex-pat, Rants and raves and foams at the mouth)
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This morning I left Finn crying his little eyes out at daycare as he wanted me to spend the day playing with him and not leave him with a bunch of grumpy ladies to go to work.  Any mother who’s ever had to do the same thing will know how much this one hurts and what a horrible start to your day it is.So to comfort myself I decided I’d go to Starbucks to buy a croissant.   This is how my conversation with the Starbucks server went:

Me: Hey. Can I have a chocolate croissant please?

Server: A what?

Me: A chocolate croissant.

Server: A muffin?

Me: No. A chocolate croissant.

Server: What?

Me: What?

Server: You want a pastry.

Me: Yes – a chocolate croissant.

So then she picked out a muffin, put in a bag and sent me on my way.  So now I am at my desk munching on a muffin I don’t want as I was still too grief stricken from dropping Finn off to argue the point with her any further.

Is it me?

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The Finn! The Finn!

November 23, 2010 at 8:38 am (family, Loving life!, Parenting)
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Finn is starting to make friends at daycare and it’s incredibly cute.  Every morning when he arrives at school there are two little girls – who are always dressed in pink – sitting down eating cheerios.  As soon as Finn and I walk in the room they stand on their chairs and excitedly chant “The Finn! The Finn!” Finn normally ignores the salutation and just clings on to me even tighter.  Mom – save me from these crazy girls – they don’t leave me alone all day!

However recently he seems a bit happier about his All Star greeting and he wanders over, pulls up a chair and sits down inbetween them.  Recently he’s started to steal their cheerios – they don’t seem to mind.  This morning he struck up a casual conversation with the snottier of the two.  ‘The Finn! The Finn!’ said snotty.  “Blu cubble, doggie,” said Finn.

Well quite!

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Self love

November 5, 2010 at 8:20 am (british ex-pat, family, Loving life!, Parenting)
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American children, unlike English children, are encouraged to develop a lot of self love.  “You are great. You are special. Great job with stacking those bricks,” are things they will hear in pre-school. The theory is that positive reinforcement will lead to higher self esteem leading kids to do better in school and in life.  Well, I can report that my son – though he is being brought up by an English mother and has only been an American for not quite 2 years – is doing pretty well in the self-love department.

I took a video recording of the little cutie the other day running round the living room playing with his trucks. When I showed it back to him he was fascinated.  Hey look mom – there’s a mini me running round on your phone!  After getting very smiley he finally very reverently leant over and gave the screen showing his image a kiss. 

 Yup, that’s some toddler self loving right there.

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Parental Paranoia

July 18, 2010 at 9:47 am (Parenting)
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Community question: Which of the following scenarios should make me feel guiltier?

Scenario One: Finn crying because I have to leave him at daycare

Reasoning for guilt: Leaving my boy somewhere he obviously doesn’t want to be (well – he’s crying!)   

Scenario Two: Finn crying because he has to come home from daycare

Reasoning for guilt: My company is such a lacking alternative that he’d rather stay at school in the chain link fenced yard with the sun-faded toys than come home with me.

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