[blparent] presents?

Peggy pshald at neb.rr.com
Fri Dec 30 01:20:32 UTC 2011 

Oh thank goodness, my kids aren't allowed to have food in their rooms or who 
knows what it would smell like in there ... might prefer the dirty socks 
smell.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:28 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
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
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
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
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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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