Unlike a country, B's currency changes. As his mother it is my job to keep up to date with this currency otherwise I may as well be the sofa. I need to know what his latest 'thing' is to use in the complicated negotiations required to get him to do what I want him to do.
Leading up to Christmas during November and December, Santa's name gets dropped a lot. An elaborate story has been developed about how all parents know the phone number to Santa and his helper elves. This story is well told in our house and is used to remind B that unless he is good, we will make the call and cancel all his Christmas presents. (Pretty nasty really, but it works)
Other currencies have been special up and coming activities, last month there was a school disco that enabled me to keep B from taking his shoes off in the playground, treat his little sister with more respect, eat various green things and sit down for 10 minutes in a cafe.
Right now he loves playing iPhone games. We have tried not to encourage computing gaming in our house, mainly because of the violence. But there comes a time when A) you just give in, B) you start to think they need some exposure to technology and C) you want to play them too. So the iPhone game Enigmo is now the thing.He loves it and wants to play it all the time. And it is actually a pretty cool game. You have to get water from one vessel into another by using all kinds of contraptions. So at least he is problem solving, and he is building his confidence as he succeeds and gets to try a new level.
But the best thing is that right now he is having a day time sleep (Major Miracle) just to get some more time playing.
Here is a review/demo of Enigmo if your interested.
But what will the currency be next week?
Images Poeten Sofa by Finn Juhl from Retro to go and Enigmo on the iPhone from Apple.
2 comments:
I love that you're creating your own Christmas stories for your children! Isn't storytelling inherent in our nature? ;)
Thank you for your support to my NaNo venture and your wonderful comments of my post. It means a lot to me that the comment come from an experience copywriter like yourself. It gives me a confidence boost. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing your wise words about currency and what it entails to keep abreast of the latest fashion.
Hybrid is right about storytelling and how important it is to pass on from generation to generation our folklore.
Glad you were given some time to come out and play and thanks for adding to the conversation over at my blog....always appreciated.
:-)
Peggy
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