Monday, August 04, 2008
No Doubt, The Honeymoon Is Over
Oy, we are having a fun time over here. If it's not coming up with consequences for hitting, shoving, and kicking behaviors ... we have what happened today ... Rita went missing at soccer camp for 45 minutes.
Luckily, I didn't know anything about this until it was over and she was found (by Michael) swimming in the pool.
Yes, she was supposed to be at SOCCER camp not swimming camp.
Rita's story: "They sent me!" Apparently, Rita went with the extended campers for swimming (because they told her too) when she should have stayed with her soccer camp friends until Michael picked her up. Hmmm, maybe ... But before this version of the story she was telling us that she WAS signed up for extended camp. (Not true.)
Suspected scenerio: One of her friends from school is in extended camp and Rita followed her to the pool when soccer camp was over. Rita then proceeded to change into her suit and join the class. We were happy that she was found of course, but are concerned that she "got away" from soccer camp AND was not noticed when she joined the other camp. (The sign-in / sign-out process for camps is pretty rigorous so we don't understand how this happened.)
And this is on top of last week, when we thought things were tough when we had three days in a row of hitting, shoving and kicking when other kids cut in front of her (in line). Instead of telling the teacher, or ignoring it, she physically tries to get them out of her way. Plus, she just likes to be the first in line and will pout or throw a tantrum unless she is first. We are working on this ultra-competitiveness which may be a carryover from her "survival of the fittest" lifestyle in the detsky dom.
Good news, she's definitely not a pushover and likes to be the best! LOL. Glass half-full perspective!
ps. My brother was here last week and now is gone. We went to the beach and ate at In-N-Out burger twice 'cause he loves it so much.
pps. Our foreign exchange student arrives on Wednesday!
Luckily, I didn't know anything about this until it was over and she was found (by Michael) swimming in the pool.
Yes, she was supposed to be at SOCCER camp not swimming camp.
Rita's story: "They sent me!" Apparently, Rita went with the extended campers for swimming (because they told her too) when she should have stayed with her soccer camp friends until Michael picked her up. Hmmm, maybe ... But before this version of the story she was telling us that she WAS signed up for extended camp. (Not true.)
Suspected scenerio: One of her friends from school is in extended camp and Rita followed her to the pool when soccer camp was over. Rita then proceeded to change into her suit and join the class. We were happy that she was found of course, but are concerned that she "got away" from soccer camp AND was not noticed when she joined the other camp. (The sign-in / sign-out process for camps is pretty rigorous so we don't understand how this happened.)
And this is on top of last week, when we thought things were tough when we had three days in a row of hitting, shoving and kicking when other kids cut in front of her (in line). Instead of telling the teacher, or ignoring it, she physically tries to get them out of her way. Plus, she just likes to be the first in line and will pout or throw a tantrum unless she is first. We are working on this ultra-competitiveness which may be a carryover from her "survival of the fittest" lifestyle in the detsky dom.
Good news, she's definitely not a pushover and likes to be the best! LOL. Glass half-full perspective!
ps. My brother was here last week and now is gone. We went to the beach and ate at In-N-Out burger twice 'cause he loves it so much.
pps. Our foreign exchange student arrives on Wednesday!
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Yes, I think you nailed it. Dandy shows the same. I have to coach him to be third in line, or second-from-last and then compliment him on it. It's a hard habit to break.
Pretty scary about Rita going to another camp and they didn't know about it. Sheesh. I would want to get to the bottom of how that happened, too. I know how they do sign in/out at Slugger's camp and I don't see how it could happen.
Hope all goes well with your student visitor.
BTW, my daughter just finished a camp at her elementary school, and I felt that they were a little too casual about pickup, as well. Maybe it comes with school-aged children???
Glad Michael found her. Kind of scary that no one realized what happened.
Vika always needs to be first too, and will frequently shove her brother out of the way to get to something before him. It's really frustrating and something we continue to work on to this day. Hopefully she'll be able to unlearn these habits she picked up at the Child's Home and eventually feel secure in the knowledge that there will be stuff for her, whether she's first or last.
I can't imagine the camp losing Rita. Glad you didn't know about it while it was happening.
Good luck with your exchange student. We had our 16 year old god daughter from Australia living with us the year before the kids came home. Teenagers are another species altogether. I think she and Rita will be a good influence on each other.
Ronda