happy halloween
Oct. 31st, 2008 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prgrmrI had a total of three kids show-up at my door tonight. Part of that is due to me not getting home until after 6, and part because the cross-street I live on has only 5 houses, and 3 of them are corner houses (one corner has an empty side-lot for the house on the parallel street). My house is a duplex, and my neighbor was the only house on the street with the lights on, so most kids were skipping this street altogether. So now I have all this extra chocolate that I'll have to eat on my own, but was so worth to have for those three kids who did show.
My kids, along with the rest of the neighborhood where they live, went out last night, and I went with them. I didn't have my camera as I went there right from work. We didn't go out long, maybe an hour, and maybe covered half the condo complex that's in back of the house. It was cold. By the time we got back to the house, I'm sure it was under 50.
Sam went with one of her friends, but then didn't come home when they were done, and instead went back to her friend's house. Her friend's mom was incredibly less than cooperative about it all, to the point where she wouldn't tell me if Sam was really there or not. So I called 911. When the police officer arrived, I explained the situation, she knocked on the door and went in, and two minutes later came out with Sam.
The officer then explained that the mom has been in some trouble and is currently being supervised by Child Services. Yeah, that seems to be working out for her.
Sam, needless to say, was in big trouble. To her credit, she did understand when we told her that while her and her friend can still be friends at school, Sam isn't ever going back over there. The lost her computer time, her CDs and is grounded. And to her mom's credit, she told Sam that she's not getting her CD's back until she asks for them and can tell her mom why she lost them in the first place. Sam knows better than to even think about asking for them before she's ungrounded.
Tomorrow she has basketball. One of the first things I asked her was why should I let her do extras like basketball if she's not going to be responsible. Then we had a very long talk about it all, and she knows that it's one more strike and she's out and no basketball. I hope that's enough to motivate her to be where she needs to be when she's supposed to be there, aside from all the other punishments she's got going on.
After basketball, she and I are going to spend some more time talking while we rake leaves and clean-up the yard.
My kids, along with the rest of the neighborhood where they live, went out last night, and I went with them. I didn't have my camera as I went there right from work. We didn't go out long, maybe an hour, and maybe covered half the condo complex that's in back of the house. It was cold. By the time we got back to the house, I'm sure it was under 50.
Sam went with one of her friends, but then didn't come home when they were done, and instead went back to her friend's house. Her friend's mom was incredibly less than cooperative about it all, to the point where she wouldn't tell me if Sam was really there or not. So I called 911. When the police officer arrived, I explained the situation, she knocked on the door and went in, and two minutes later came out with Sam.
The officer then explained that the mom has been in some trouble and is currently being supervised by Child Services. Yeah, that seems to be working out for her.
Sam, needless to say, was in big trouble. To her credit, she did understand when we told her that while her and her friend can still be friends at school, Sam isn't ever going back over there. The lost her computer time, her CDs and is grounded. And to her mom's credit, she told Sam that she's not getting her CD's back until she asks for them and can tell her mom why she lost them in the first place. Sam knows better than to even think about asking for them before she's ungrounded.
Tomorrow she has basketball. One of the first things I asked her was why should I let her do extras like basketball if she's not going to be responsible. Then we had a very long talk about it all, and she knows that it's one more strike and she's out and no basketball. I hope that's enough to motivate her to be where she needs to be when she's supposed to be there, aside from all the other punishments she's got going on.
After basketball, she and I are going to spend some more time talking while we rake leaves and clean-up the yard.
