[blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!

[Peggy]

Thanks for the warning, I should have given it to you guys only before this 
happened!!  My older kids have seen presents before it was time when I 
forgot they were in a closet and opened a door or in a drawer or under 
something ... those little eyes are quick!!!  Once when it was my older 
son's bday he went into my bedroom and I didn't know it and before I found 
him he'd gotten all of his wrapped bday presents out and unwrapped them, 
sneaky little farts that they are, lol!!

As far as the whole sneaking things in because you're blind or married or 
whatever, I see both sides of it and there are different situations for 
everyone.  I'm sure my parents shopped for me while I was with them because 
I'm blind, I know my daughter still does it because sometimes she won't let 
me feel in the cart.  Does it bother me??  Heck no because I'd do the same 
thing.  My middle child isn't very observant and a lot of times I buy his 
presents with him right there and he never notices.  My lo is too little to 
remember so I buy his presents with him there as well.  Blind or little or 
non-observant, I think all of us have to do what we can to get sooooo many 
things done at once and especially with blind parents while we have the 
sighted assistance to help.



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 10:32 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!

Hi.  For any of you moms who have little ones starting to run around and get 
into things, I thought I'd warn you about something I just learned the hard 
way.  *Smile.*  They'll see everything, especially what you don't want them 
to, and they'll remember.  They're smarter than we give them credit for.

I bought Sarah the Little People school bus because she's really into buses 
and planes and the like right now.  The package came from Amazon while she 
was at preschool about a month ago, and I threw the boxes in the recycling 
bin and hid the toy at the top of my closet, thinking I was pretty slick. 
Well, she saw part of a picture on one box sticking out of the bin.  She 
asked about it, and I glossed over it.  We moved on, and I thought she'd 
forgotten about the bus.

So this morning, I went to get a shirt from the closet, and Sarah wandered 
in behind me.  All at once, she started jumping up and down, saying, "I see 
it!  Up there!  The bus toy really is here!  I want that bus toy!"

I guess I didn't hide it well enough.  She saw the box peeking out from 
under a blanket on a high shelf and remembered the picture from the 
recycling bin.  She had a bit of a meltdown because she knew the toy was 
there, but I wouldn't get it off the shelf for her.  I couldn't really 
explain why, either.  Now Santa Claus can't bring that toy to her, either, 
because it'll blow his cover.  I'll have to give it to her from Mom and Dad, 
or maybe from her brother Stephen.  Anyway, my point is, when I was a kid, 
my family could (and did) wrap my presents right in front of me.  But 
obviously, blind parents of sighted kids have to be very careful about these 
things.

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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