[blparent] cleaning was presents?

Sat Dec 31 02:09:01 UTC 2011

So this last summer we had a herd of ants climbing up the side of Gab's
dresser, we found an open mini bag of goldfish there and the ants were
having a hay day.  I do not allow food in her room or in any room other than
the kitchen, but sometimes they sneak in.  After she saw the ants on the
dresser, I think she knows now what I was talking about.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Kate McEachern
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] presents?

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
> 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
>>>
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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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