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So, we’ve instituted “prize coupons” to mirror Brandon’s homework coupons that he’s supposed to work on over the summer. The coupons for homework were given by his teacher, while I made up our own prize coupons to encourage good behavior throughout the day. Given he almost drowned last week at swimming because was too busy talking to the next boy in class, Brandon was told he could pick a coupon if he listened to his swim coach for the entire lesson. We watched him from afar, and he was doing so much better this week. I guess he doesn’t want to drown! It definitely helped that the other boy that he was talking to last week and said “he was funny” wasn’t there! So there were only three kids in class, and he was kicking hard, and making progress through the pool. He was kicking and making it almost half of the width of the pool. I was watching him so much, I wasn’t even watching Peyton! That is, until the Hovercraft lady was standing in my way again. We were sitting on the kids’ towels, and she stands RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. I have less and less tolerance of this, and I say, “Excuse ME” loudly three times. When she looks back, clueless, I motion to her, shooing her out of our way. The only polite thing was the “excuse” part, that I’m trying to teach the kids, but otherwise, she wasn’t deserving of anything else! She was the only parent within 2 feet of the pool, and why stand in front of us!! Later, I stood up by the clubhouse because I couldn’t see Peyton. The lady crosses over where she was before, and stands in front of me again. I am looking to the right, while she is looking to the left. Luckily, I’m taller, so I move next to her on her left, thus blocking her view. She turns to me, noticing me, and gets it. I feign my reason to be there, and take a picture of Peyton. I don’t typically act this way around the kids. And I keep my cool for the most part at work with patients. But somehow I have very little tolerance when I’m with just adults. I’m getting too old for this. I’m becoming my MOM…haha…
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After we got home, both kids bathed, and then Dave took Brandon and some homework to work, while Peyton and I went to the Farmer’s market. She was happy to come with me, and we got peaches, apricots, and strawberries. We also got a roasted corn on a stick, but it was too hot to eat there. When we got home, it was still hot, so I cooled it off with some water first. I gave her half, and she said, “And I can give the other half to Bruddah.” So sweet!! And she saw me eating mine, and she said, “And you are going to eat the whole thing?” I told her I would. I suppose I could have saved it for Dave, but he probably wouldn’t have been as excited as Brandon would. She went up to take a nap, and slept for 2 hours! I got her on video falling asleep. I had to turn the flash off, so it wouldn’t disturb her. I love how it takes less than 2 minutes once she’s done. And she even found me out halfway into it! When w got up, she had her fruit, and we waited for the boys to return. Brandon came in so sleepy; Dave said he fell asleep in the car. We ate dinner, and Dave went to the store while I got the kids to bed. Brandon redeemed one of his coupons from earlier in the week. I sent Peyton to bed, so I could spend some alone time with Brandon. We read in his kid’s almanac. Even though it is a “reward”, I still took some time to squeeze some education 🙂 He wanted to learn more about sharks, so I showed him how to look in both the table of contents and/or index. We found the section, and read a little about sharks. We also reviewed the main idea of each paragraph and supporting details. He was able to tell me without prompting.