The boys both received mini-dry erase boards for Christmas. Noel has said they are a "genius" gift. I completely agree. (And I've only had to scrub off words written with a Sharpie pen once! To my surprise, permanent ink fades away with a little 409 and some time.) Robbie uses it more than Cub, but I guess that is to be expected. What we would never have predicted was that the white boards have ushered in a new era of child-parent communication for us: the written negotiation. Here's Robbie's attempt to get out of t-ball practice yesterday afternoon. Other favorite pleas include "No bath" and a detailed, ordered list of what he gets to do before bedtime.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
No baseball?
The boys both received mini-dry erase boards for Christmas. Noel has said they are a "genius" gift. I completely agree. (And I've only had to scrub off words written with a Sharpie pen once! To my surprise, permanent ink fades away with a little 409 and some time.) Robbie uses it more than Cub, but I guess that is to be expected. What we would never have predicted was that the white boards have ushered in a new era of child-parent communication for us: the written negotiation. Here's Robbie's attempt to get out of t-ball practice yesterday afternoon. Other favorite pleas include "No bath" and a detailed, ordered list of what he gets to do before bedtime.
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as someone who never grew up with these my first foray was my junior year at UCI living with you and the girls. One of you bought a big one for us to hang in the kitchen and we divided into 4 parts for each roommate. It was so handy! I got one recently for Ciara's bedroom and she likes it - although sadly I've seen 2 laments lately of, "Why is school so hard?" and "Daddy is grumpy" after she got in trouble for not cleaning her room. I think it's great your boys are naturally using it to make lists and such. Great skills for later life!
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