[blparent] presents?

Kate McEachern kflsouth at gmail.com
Thu Dec 29 18:57:44 UTC 2011 

I band food and drinks in the room from the beginning.  Picking up toys and 
clothing is one thing, but food is just not fun.
Kate
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] presents?


> I'm a neat freak, too, but I've had to let a lot of that go with kids. 
> Sarah has a big toy box and some buckets, and things get tossed in there. 
> Once in a while I sort everything out and make sure there's not a lot 
> missing, but in between things just get tossed in the buckets.  I would 
> draw the line at a room that smelled like dirty socks.  For me, it was 
> food getting left upstairs--and finding a piece of pizza under the bed 
> that looked like it had been there for a hundred years--so now there's no 
> food upstairs, ever, and no drinks except water.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>
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> From: "Peggy" <pshald at neb.rr.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 6:13 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] presents?
>
>> Oh no I have to put up with this for another um er 7-8 years??  And yes 
>> it looks like his closet exploded!!  And he's responsible for his own 
>> laundry which doesn't get done either until we make him so his room 
>> smells like dirty socks!!  I've been thinking about helping him clean it 
>> one more time then just letting it go from there, if it doesn't stay 
>> clean ... oh well I don't have to sleep in there ... but I'm a neat freak 
>> and it drives me crazy!!
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Kate McEachern
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 8:15 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] presents?
>>
>> yes, Ash hit eight and stopped cleaning.  This passes I hear around 18-20 
>> at
>> times.
>>
>> Money, threts, gifts, and if you cleen this will happen that you want but 
>> no
>> dice the room looks like the closet exploded.
>>
>> Kate
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Peggy" <pshald at neb.rr.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] presents?
>>
>>
>>> Oh too funny, just getting to these Christmas e-mails.  My lo got the 
>>> read along puppy and he's deaf as well ... after the second or third 
>>> time saying And Jingle was a good dog he might then respond ... we 
>>> started saying and Jingle was a partially deaf dog, lol.  He also got 
>>> some blocks, some little people things, a tool bench, and his favorite 
>>> which is Thomas the train or his "Choo-choo"!!  My older son is 11 and 
>>> he got the new ds and some games and he's decorating his room for the 
>>> Nebraska Huskers so he got some things to finish his room off ... but in 
>>> order for me to help him decorate, he has to clean it.  Any of you have 
>>> this problem??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 9:40 AM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] presents?
>>>
>>> I also bought my nephew one of those helicopters a few years ago, and it
>>> crash landed and broke within a few minutes.
>>>
>>> Santa brought Sarah the Dora the Explorer kitchen she'd been wanting, as
>>> well as a turtle tent she can actually sleep in.  Now she wants a 
>>> sleeping
>>> bag to go with the tent, so she asked if Santa would come back and give 
>>> her
>>> one.  I said no, Santa's going to have a long rest, but her birthday is
>>> coming up.  She got some puzzles and new pajamas, a magnetic fishing 
>>> game,
>>> and a toy camera with animal slides to look at.  She also got a bus and 
>>> an
>>> airplane for her Little People toys, which she still plays with a lot 
>>> even
>>> as she gets older.  She got a new playdough set, and her uncle bought 
>>> her a
>>> bunch of markers and other art supplies.  She got a bear with a story 
>>> book,
>>> and when you read parts of the book, the bear responds--although 
>>> sometimes
>>> he does, sometimes he doesn't.  We were joking that the bear is a little
>>> hard of hearing, you kind of have to shout at him before he answers.
>>> Stephen bought Sarah a Happy Napper, which is a ladybug you can pull the
>>> insides out of to make a pillow.  Sarah also got some print/braille 
>>> books I
>>> can read to her, of which "Quiet Loud" is her favorite.  The other two 
>>> are
>>> Dr. Seuss.
>>>
>>> We bought Stephen a telescope because he likes to look at the stars and 
>>> try
>>> to see planets and things.  I bought him a puzzle of World War II 
>>> aircraft
>>> and a game called Totally Gross, which is facts you never really wanted 
>>> to
>>> know about science and nature.  For example, did you know a goose can 
>>> poop a
>>> whole pound in one day?  So, with millions of geese flying around, 
>>> that's
>>> millions of pounds of ... you get the picture.  His mom bought him an 
>>> Ipod
>>> and a scooter you stand on and ride, which I thought was kind of
>>> crazy--that's a lot of money, but what can you do?
>>>
>>> I got Gerald a remote start for his car so he could warm it up in the 
>>> winter
>>> before he goes out, and I won't have to hear about what a drag it is to 
>>> get
>>> in a cold car.  *Smile.*  I got some new slippers, flannel-lined jeans, 
>>> a
>>> fluffy robe--I sense a cold theme going on here.
>>>
>>> Anyway, merry Christmas to you all.
>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
>>> of
>>> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all 
>>> of
>>> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>>
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>>> From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 9:59 PM
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] presents?
>>>
>>>> I remember getting my nephew a helocopter a couple of years ago and 
>>>> having a similar experience. They don't make toys like they used to.
>>>> Savannah got a cabbage patch, a baby alive doll, a dora puzzle play 
>>>> mat, a tool kit, clothes which she opened screamed happily and said i 
>>>> love them lol, um she got a gift card, a personalized backpack, a 
>>>> littliest pet shop remote control car, a cleaning set, and some new 
>>>> play food.
>>>> I received new slippers and pj pants, a real jewelry box for once in my 
>>>> life, which i love, new boots, gift cards, and new yoga pants.
>>>> I wasn't expecting all of the gifts that I received, but was completely 
>>>> grateful for all.
>>>> It was a lovely day with just enough family, plenty of food, and lots 
>>>> of love.
>>>> Pipi
>>>>
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>>> Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.
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