The good news is: we have free access to the Rosetta Stone language program through our county library’s website (an awesome resource for an overworked teacher-mom).
The bad news is: the kids really like it.
As in,
Child #1: “It’s my turn!”
Overworked Teacher-Mom: “No, it’s not. It’s Child #2’s.”
Child #1 bullies his way onto the stool when Overworked Teacher-Mom takes a load of laundry upstairs.
Child #2 sadly enters Overworked Teacher-Mom’s bedroom.
Overworked Teacher-Mom yells down the stairs: “Child #1! Did you kick your sister off the computer?!!”
Child #3 calls back: “No, he didn’t! He didn’t kick her off at all. He pushed her!”
That’s awesome that you get it for free! We invested in the Chinese program a few years ago which is well loved by all the middles (my husband has been studying Chinese on and off for a few years since he travels to Taiwan rather often). I sometimes feel a *little* guilty for using it as a reward once they get their “essentials” done. 🙂
Thank you so much for that mid-afternoon laugh!!
LOL, whoops. I’m sure Child #1 is really sorry and I hope that over-worked teacher mom gets some rest. :o)
And the good news for me is that someone else has children that might occasionally ‘fight.’ 🙂
Too funny. I thought my girls were the only ones who interacted that way!