Bramer Experience

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 112

Since we are never going to see the sun again Shanghai, it was nice to have a warm child this morning. We were talking about the tv shows she used to watch when she was little. Nothing like a little nostalgia to make a 9 year-old smile!

"Remember the Wiggles?"

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 111

I have her smile back today. Thought I would showcase that. She came home after play practice and when straight to her room. Tom asked her why and she said she assumed that we weren't going to feed her dinner as we were mad at her. Turns out her anger lats night stemmed from the messages she and I were sending each other on the ipads. I told her that dinner was in the kitchen and to come down. She said she wanted us to bring upstairs and leave on the steps. I told her we don't "feed children who are disrespectful and unappreciative". She stopped speaking. Anyway, missile crisis avoided. She ate a ton of spaghetti and seemed to have recovered. Good lesson to parents though: you need to always give your a child a way of getting out of an emotional maze they seem to create when frustrated. We used Tom's bare feet as a lifeline. I don't want to explain that as I found it disturbing when happening. However, it made her laugh and broke the anger wall.

Love being a parent. Every day brings yet another opportunity to make you feel either like a mean troll under a bridge asking for tolls your child cannot pay or a court jester who can diffuse a kingdoms threat of class warfare by telling a good "pull my finger" joke. Do we ever get to be the white knight? I hope so. I have the BEST place to get a dress for that.

"Glad my parents are feeding me again!"

Monday, February 27, 2012

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 110

Natalie is not speaking to me today (long story that I am not sure I can explain as it seems to be related to me not feeding her enough but I am not sure.) so no theme yet this week. I guess we could go with "I am not even a pre-teen yet my attitude can fill a room" theme. Or "100 ways to NOT be respectful". Or my personal favorite, "Faces I make when I am trying be aloof but all I really want is a hug from my mom, however I am too stubborn to say it!". I could probably go on, but shouldn't... I will use her real quote, or an approximation as I was not awake when she tossed it out!

[Side note: I just had major panic attack as I thought I had lost 95% of the content in my Adobe Elements Organizer (that's 30,630 items spanning from 1998-Feb 2012). My last back up was before Christmas! Turns out I had filtered OUT photos and was only looking at videos. Whew! That will get you energized on a Monday!!!!]
[[2nd Side note: uncovering this mistake also let me to the discovery that I did not publish Day 108! The downside of a daily picture project is the panic induced by 'missing' a day or getting things out of order. Rest easy, I have got things back on track!]]

"I guess your point is to starve me?"

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 108

Oops, I forgot Day 108? That is weird! I am wondering if I just missed Thursday all together?

"Chopin!"

Friday, February 24, 2012

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 109

Last day of feet!

"Oh, the places we will go!"

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 107

Very hard to take these kinds of shots with the on-board flash! Not quick enough. Need to buy a small spotlight I guess. Or I guess I could have hung from the ceiling light. Perhaps not...

"Hangin' With Mao"

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 106

A bean bag, one shoe, one lonely sock on the side (which you may recognize as the dirty sock from yesterday's picture). This girl is a mess!

"This is actually kind of peaceful."

Monday, February 20, 2012

Daily Picture Grade 4 - Day 105

Anyone who knows me might not believe that this week's theme was my idea! Not a feet person. Oh, and Natalie never wears matching socks by choice. Also glad we could advertise Justice!