[blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!

[Peggy]

That's just it, we all do it even if we try to tell others we don't.  I've 
tried to buy things without my husband knowing because he thinks I have too 
many knick-kancks ... I don't lie I just don't say anything, until he 
notices, lol.  We tell people they aren't fat even though they most 
certainly are ... it just happens and in my opinion, not that lying's right 
but if it's for someone's health or someone's benefit or to save feelings, I 
think all of us have done it!!



-----Original Message----- 
From: Pipi
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 4:08 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Beware those sharp little eyes!

I've read through all of the posts on this so far and have thought about it
more.
I made my 9 year old niece and 13 year old nephew quilts for christmas a
couple of years ago. I take care of them for a living and live with them. I
hand sewed both quilts so they were time consuming. In order to get them
done, I couldn't get around the fact that they were going to see me making
them. Again, I lied to them. I told my niece that the one I was making for
her was actually for Savannah. I told my nephew that his was for my aunt
since it was a Kansas University quilt and she is a huge fan like him.
Again, I lied which is a lie and not really right. But they both were
surprised and loved the quilts. My nephew saw my lie as a you got me moment
and laughed about it.
There isn't a single person who can honestly say they haven't told some form
of a lie in their life. It doesn't mean that lying is right. I don't know I
guess it's a very gray area no matter how you look at it.
I was going to say something else and can't remember now what it was. lol
Pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 10:32 AM
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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