There are so many projects started and not finished in this house. I now ask people not to buy kits for her because she just takes out the pieces and they end up being half used for some other creation rather than the item itself. Once she is back to school next Tuesday I shall spend the morning sorting out what is worth keeping.
Now, I don't suppose she's too unusual from most 7 year olds with a
I'm actually not too bothered that she wants to do lots of things (although give her a swimming pool in Greece and she'll be happy as larry for the whole day). It's when she has decided its time to move on and then comes to me saying she is bored - it's then the fireworks start. I suggest something - "NOOOOOOA". I suggest something else "Nooooooooooooooooo!!". She asks me for five suggestions which I duly give. She doesn't like any of them and her anger rises. "I'm bored!" she yells at me. I offer to play with her and suggest Lego or drawing but her need for control overtakes any joy that might arise from us playing together. She shouts at me to go away, that she wants to be alone. I wonder out loud if anything is wrong. Nooooo, just go away! Then she wants a hug, then she is rude, then she wants more suggestions of what to do. I suggest things, she hates all of them and by now she is raging. I try to stay therapeutic but it's hard. She stomps off upstairs. Five minutes later she will come down, much calmer, having decided on something to do, which wasn't one of my suggestions. Hurrah! This will keep her amused for 15-20 minutes, half an hour if I'm lucky, before she states again that she is bored and asks what she can do. Round and round we go.
It's been a long half term. We had one lovely day out which I'll blog about separately but the rest has been tough. I've already started to think how to fill the days of the long summer holidays.
In other news, she absolutely loved her newly decorated bedroom which I did whilst she and Daddy were visiting family. So much for a restful two days by myself! Phew! But the look on her face when she saw her room was priceless.
We are lucky. Nicola and Alice play together most of the time and don't want either Mummy getting involved. Of course their favourite game is still the going shopping in the car game that does involve Mummy pretending not to know where things are on the shelves!
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