OT: Don’t Judge Me But...

[MissAnn]

Don't judge me but...

Last year I kept my butterflies too long and some died.......so I took the butterfly house outside and kind of flung them out one by one trying to make it look like they were flying. The kids kept looking up and didn't realize they plopped to the ground. Poor kids kept searching. When they weren't looking I scooped them up and threw them over the fence.

[Unregistered]

Don't judge me but... Yesterday was the last day for all the teacher's kids. I have 8 kids out for the summer so today I only had 4 little ones. They've been sleeping since 11:30a.m.!!!!!!! I got all my cleaning done for the weekend! Happy Days!

[melilley]

Don't judge me but...
I have a dcb who is supposed to go on the potty every 30 minutes and his parents even brought a timer so he knows when to go, but he needs help to pull his pants up and down and taking him every 30 minutes is not feasible sometimes, but I do try. Well, the other day when it was around pick up time, the timer went off, but I was busy with pick ups so I reset the timer so that it would go off after his parents would leave so that way they would hear the timer ticking and think that he just went.

[Sunchimes]

Don't judge me.....

I fake text parents to tell them of their child's misbehavior while child is watching me. They are so good the rest of the day.

Oh MissAnn, I think I love you. I resorted to that recently and felt like such a failure for doing it. No more, I'll do it with no guilt.

[Sunchimes]

There is a recipe on Pinterest for a homemade syrup that tastes just like Hershey's syrup. DCG loves chocolate milk, but I usually use Ovaltine. I tried out a batch of the homemade syrup, and it is really good!! The entire squeeze bottle of homemade syrup is almost gone because every time I can sneak to the fridge, I squirt a little in my mouth.

DCG has had plain milk all week because I was "out of chocolate".

[melilley]

Don't judge me but...

Last year I kept my butterflies too long and some died.......so I took the butterfly house outside and kind of flung them out one by one trying to make it look like they were flying. The kids kept looking up and didn't realize they plopped to the ground. Poor kids kept searching. When they weren't looking I scooped them up and threw them over the fence.

:: Had to laugh at this one!

[Unregistered]

Don't judge but

....I would do breakfast and lunch outside in summer and utilize all paper products just so I didn't have to vacuum or do dishes afterward

....I let children under 3 play with my kids' toys, Yes they are supervised and yes, sometimes, they come back with fake nails, lipstick and crazy beads on them during dress up. YES I photograph them and send to the parents

....I will video tape kids acting the fool on my phone and tell them I have texted "evidence" to their parents of their misbehavior.

....I will let the kids nap as long as they want during winter months

....I never (unless special occasions) send these kids home clean and never change their clothes (only wipe faces/hands or change diapers). My parents do not like laundry, I hate laundry, so it's better to just let them have a little spaghetti sauce on their shirts

....In spring, we stay outside ALL day and do ALL activities outdoors no matter what.
....I've also called my food lady to tell her I was closed when I don't feel like cooking!

[MissAnn]

Don't judge me but.....

When we played outside in the afternoon I realized I did not put bug spray on my one girl whose mom always points out every mosquito bite as if I am to blame. I quickly got the spray and squirted her down so her mom could smell it was on her.....although we had already been playing protection-free for 1/2 hour.

Parents drive us to these extremes!