"My Toy's Are Bigger"
My Toy's are bigger
Published 7.28.10 Cass Lake Times
By Allan Olson
A common argument among most kids and for that matter even many adults is who has the biggest toy, atv, truck etc. My house is no different I’ve heard my kids argue about every topic from the biggest flower, cup, blanket the list is practically endless.
Usually if these arguments get too heated mom or I will step in and solve the matter which usually results in the item being taken away. The way we were raised is that if you’re going fight over it then nobody gets it. Does that make them happy? No, but that’s okay.
With adults too often we let our emotions get into play and say things or do things we could possibly regret afterwards.
Recently my soon to be four-year old twins Abigail and Marcus were arguing about something that is definitely at least in my opinion out of the normal arguments.
Marcus recently went to visit the clinic for what we thought was a bug bite that wouldn’t go away. The doctor gave him a script and the kind pharmacist gave him a nice big bottle of pink medicine to take four times a day. A few days later we were concerned that even with the medicine the bug bite didn’t appear to be going away. So my wife scheduled an appointment with his regular doctor. That same morning Abigail woke up crying because her ear hurt. Great we thought an ear infection. A trip to urgent care confirmed our thoughts. A trip to the pharmacy resulted in one big pink bottle of medicine and one small bottle. Well that was the beginning of the argument she had two bottles and Marcus only had one. Well a few hours later Marcus was at the doctor’s office for his appointment. Some questions and some blood work resulted that the doctor determined that the medicine wasn’t going to work for him. Since he brought his medicine to the doctor’s office with him, he got the pleasure of throwing his big bottle of medicine right in the garbage in the doctor’s office.
Another trip to the pharmacy for my wife and three kids, the pharmacist once again filled the script and he was set to go.
When they got home the twins were discussing and comparing the medicine at the kitchen table. Abigail had two bottles one big and one small and Marcus two big bottles of medicine. I guess he wins. Also for his troubles at the doctor’s office of getting stuck by a needle (not fun for anyone let alone a three-year old) he get a brand new hot wheel car. Surprisingly no arguments from the sisters about him getting a new car and they didn’t. They apparently understood that he got stuck by a needle and deserved it a little more than they did.
When asked about his “owie” he pointed at the spot on his arm where they took the blood out and said that his arm had blood in it but it doesn’t anymore because they took it all out at the doctor’s office and put it in their little (vial) helping him with the word. “Yea,” he said agreeing with the word choice.
Sometimes wouldn’t it be great being a kid again. Kid logic is great to be able to accept things so readily and easily and to have an open mind uninfluenced by others.
It would be great to go from being upset about a shot or a needle in this case to all smiles and laughs as they realize that everything is going to be okay.
My email is cltimes1@arvig.net if you care to comment on this or other stories.
Have a great week!
Published 7.28.10 Cass Lake Times
By Allan Olson
A common argument among most kids and for that matter even many adults is who has the biggest toy, atv, truck etc. My house is no different I’ve heard my kids argue about every topic from the biggest flower, cup, blanket the list is practically endless.
Usually if these arguments get too heated mom or I will step in and solve the matter which usually results in the item being taken away. The way we were raised is that if you’re going fight over it then nobody gets it. Does that make them happy? No, but that’s okay.
With adults too often we let our emotions get into play and say things or do things we could possibly regret afterwards.
Recently my soon to be four-year old twins Abigail and Marcus were arguing about something that is definitely at least in my opinion out of the normal arguments.
Marcus recently went to visit the clinic for what we thought was a bug bite that wouldn’t go away. The doctor gave him a script and the kind pharmacist gave him a nice big bottle of pink medicine to take four times a day. A few days later we were concerned that even with the medicine the bug bite didn’t appear to be going away. So my wife scheduled an appointment with his regular doctor. That same morning Abigail woke up crying because her ear hurt. Great we thought an ear infection. A trip to urgent care confirmed our thoughts. A trip to the pharmacy resulted in one big pink bottle of medicine and one small bottle. Well that was the beginning of the argument she had two bottles and Marcus only had one. Well a few hours later Marcus was at the doctor’s office for his appointment. Some questions and some blood work resulted that the doctor determined that the medicine wasn’t going to work for him. Since he brought his medicine to the doctor’s office with him, he got the pleasure of throwing his big bottle of medicine right in the garbage in the doctor’s office.
Another trip to the pharmacy for my wife and three kids, the pharmacist once again filled the script and he was set to go.
When they got home the twins were discussing and comparing the medicine at the kitchen table. Abigail had two bottles one big and one small and Marcus two big bottles of medicine. I guess he wins. Also for his troubles at the doctor’s office of getting stuck by a needle (not fun for anyone let alone a three-year old) he get a brand new hot wheel car. Surprisingly no arguments from the sisters about him getting a new car and they didn’t. They apparently understood that he got stuck by a needle and deserved it a little more than they did.
When asked about his “owie” he pointed at the spot on his arm where they took the blood out and said that his arm had blood in it but it doesn’t anymore because they took it all out at the doctor’s office and put it in their little (vial) helping him with the word. “Yea,” he said agreeing with the word choice.
Sometimes wouldn’t it be great being a kid again. Kid logic is great to be able to accept things so readily and easily and to have an open mind uninfluenced by others.
It would be great to go from being upset about a shot or a needle in this case to all smiles and laughs as they realize that everything is going to be okay.
My email is cltimes1@arvig.net if you care to comment on this or other stories.
Have a great week!
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