Time Out

Last week at dinner, Brian and I were talking about whether or not Allison has ever had to sit in time out at daycare. We didn't think she had. The next day when I got home from work, Brian said "Allison, tell momma she jinxed you." For the first time, Allison had to sit in time out at daycare - not once, but twice.

According to Ms. Deb, she pushed a little boy down (I guess he was pushing Allison's buttons all morning and she had it) and she ripped pages out of a Dora book. As Brian was telling me the story, Allison was looking very serious and upset. She was looking very solemn and wouldn't look me in the eye. I wanted her to take this serious, so I talked to her about being nice to the other kids and that we don't tear pages out of a book - that was a no no. In all actuality I was having a hard time keeping a serious face because Allison looked so cute, however I was proud of myself for keeping a straight face. That was until Brian told me what Allison did when Ms. Deb caught her with the torn-out pages. As Ms. Deb walked in the room, Allison slid the pages towards Mia, as if Mia had torn out the pages. At that point in the story I had to turn around so Allison didn't see me laughing.

The next day we went to the store to buy a new book for daycare. They didn't have Dora so we got a Yo Gabba Gabba book instead (sorry Ms. Deb, at least it wasn't a DVD, right?). The next morning Allison brought the book to daycare. Ms. Deb said we didn't need to do that but I figured it was a good teaching experience... noticed I didn't say learning experience. I'm not a naive mom - I know we will have plenty more "teaching experiences."