I will tell you a funny story and then a "not so funny to the parents, but hysterical to everyone else" story.
Funny story...
My uncle teaches (really just plays all day and gets paid) elementary school PE. He had a kindergartner try to tell him a story about his dog. My uncle (on purpose) began scrambling everything up and saying the story wrong, which was really causing the kid some confusion. The kid would start the story and my uncle would say everything backwards and mixed up. The poor kid is probably thinking "you bone head, how many times do I have to repeat myself?" Finally the kid got frustrated because he had tried to tell the story several times and my uncle just kept reversing it. So the kid just pulled at his hair and yelled "AHHH" in frustration. --- Oh how I know how the kid felt.
The not so funny to the parents, but hysterical to everyone else story...
Kaelin has spent several afternoons this week in her room in trouble. She has gotten in trouble at her baby sitter's house a couple of times this week for doing just ridiculous stuff. So, Todd and I always tell Kaelin if she gets in trouble at Tara's house, then she can expect to also get in trouble at home.
First episode (this week)...
Kaelin and Laney were playing in the kitchen and there were some helium balloons left over from Laney's birthday party. The girls kept wanting to play with the balloons but they weren't allowed to play with them in the house because Tara did not want to get them tangled up in the fan. The girls were going to be able to play with them outside, as soon as they were done eating lunch.
This all sounds very logical and very reasonable....right? Evidently not to two little girls.
So, Kaelin and Laney take two balloons when Tara is not looking and they sneak them into the play room. Tara is doing something in the kitchen and finally notices the girls have vanished. She goes into the playroom and what does she find.... two balloons tangled all up in the ceiling fan. Tangled to the point they have to be cut out of the fan. Laney's dad comes in and gets onto them. Laney says something to her dad that was very smart mouthed, so she gets sent to her room. Then Kaelin looked at him and says "You are just being mean" and then she gets sent to another room.
I picked up Kaelin, heard the story, and so Kaelin, of course, got into more trouble when she got home.
Second episode (this week)...
Kaelin and Laney (the dynamic duo) were playing at Tara's house. They went into the kitchen and got some yogurt (chocolate mousse flavored) out of the refrigerator. (Now, they both know they are not suppose to get into the refrigerator by themselves... because of previous episodes a few weeks ago). Tara was on the phone, so she did not see them sneak the yogurt (chocolate mousse flavored) into Laney and Kelly's room (Kelly is Laney's older sister that was at school while this episode played out). The house was very quiet (big sign that something is wrong when there are two little girls in the house). Tara noticed the door to Laney and Kelly's room was closed.
What did she find...
Kaelin and Laney were in the room... with the yogurt (chocolate mousse flavored)... (very bad combination). The girls both had a mouth full of yogurt (chocolate mousse flavored) and had yogurt all over their face. They were behind the door, looking into the mirror. Tara said she about had a heart attack when she saw them. They were making funny faces in the mirror, which entailed chocolate mousse yogurt all over their face, all over the mirror, and upon further inspection... all over the wall.
Sounds funny... not too harmful... a little (a lot) messy... but it does not end here.
The girls (prior to deciding to make funny faces with the yogurt) had crawled into Kelly's bed (who was at school) and had dumped their yogurt (chocolate mousse flavored) all over Kelly's bed--- sheets and bed spread. They had apparently just played with chocolate mousse flavored yogurt all over that bedroom.
Tara was fit to be tied when she saw what these two little girls had managed to accomplish in such a short period of time.
So, I picked up Kaelin, listened to the story, and of course, Kaelin got in more trouble when she got home. I felt like the little kid in my uncle's classroom. I think I may have pulled some of my hair out in frustration, while screaming "AHHHH" and I was definitely thinking something along the lines of "you bone head, how many times do I have to repeat myself?"
Todd and I will probably end up with hoarse voices from all of the talking we have done with Kaelin lately. We have told her that she only has to do a few very simple things and she will stay out of trouble. Those simple things are: do what the grown ups ask you to do, don't do anything they say not to do, and make good choices.
Okay... if everyone followed these simple rules, we would have a smooth sailing world.
Evidently Kaelin has come up with new definitions to these simple rules because she has definitely interpreted "good choices" to include things like yogurt painting and balloon experiments.
I am really expecting a good weekend which will be followed by a good week in Kaelin Land. We are hoping she has gotten all of this craziness out of her system and is ready to get back into the civilized society...
Okay... you can stop laughing because you know I must be on some type of medication to think this is the last of the craziness...
Yes, I did have to get up from typing to go clean up a spilled bowl of cereal that Kaelin was playing in (rather than eating) after I had asked three times for her to put it in the sink if she was not going to eat it.
The craziness has not stopped, eased up, or decreased even slightly.
My hair is thinning from pulling it out on the sides (before long I will probably look like I have some type of mohawk).
Where is Kaelin now... she spent a little time in time out (which did not work)... so she is now spending some time in her room (so she can think about ways to do what grown ups ask you to do, not doing things they ask you not to do, and how to make good choices).
So I am convinced that this is truly the turning point... when she gets out of her room, all of this craziness will be out of her system and she will be ready to get back into the civilized society...
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