I always knew our daughter had selective "performance", ever since her pre-school graduation when she wouldn't practice the song for their commencement - when she did attempt it she usually ended up in tears because she couldn't remember the words.
I held my breath when the big day arrived, AE put on her big smile and led the class in a sing-a-long. I knew then we were going to be in for an interesting ride.
This basketball season for AE thus far has been very underwhelming, compared to previous years. She is the tallest girl in the 4th grade league, but has scored maybe 4 points and 3 rebounds a game. She is just very lackadaisical about the whole thing, which is frustrating for her parents who must sit and watch the devil may care basketball.
On the way to her 8 a.m. game AE was all about trying to talk her parentals into letting her get a guinea pig. DLS pretty much put an end to the discussion when AE brought it up again.
Finally he said, "You know what AE? You score 18 points today and we will maybe talk about a guinea pig."
So what does our daughter do?
She goes out and scores 18, plus had just as many rebounds and a bunch of assists.
So after the game we Schmidts went guinea pig window shopping. DLS has now thrown down the "continue the triple double" gauntlet and maybe Santa will bring you a little furry pet for Christmas.
Knowing AE, we will have a new pet in the Schmidt house by the beginning of '08. Who would ever of thought our daughter would be motivated by rodents?
I held my breath when the big day arrived, AE put on her big smile and led the class in a sing-a-long. I knew then we were going to be in for an interesting ride.
This basketball season for AE thus far has been very underwhelming, compared to previous years. She is the tallest girl in the 4th grade league, but has scored maybe 4 points and 3 rebounds a game. She is just very lackadaisical about the whole thing, which is frustrating for her parents who must sit and watch the devil may care basketball.
On the way to her 8 a.m. game AE was all about trying to talk her parentals into letting her get a guinea pig. DLS pretty much put an end to the discussion when AE brought it up again.
Finally he said, "You know what AE? You score 18 points today and we will maybe talk about a guinea pig."
So what does our daughter do?
She goes out and scores 18, plus had just as many rebounds and a bunch of assists.
So after the game we Schmidts went guinea pig window shopping. DLS has now thrown down the "continue the triple double" gauntlet and maybe Santa will bring you a little furry pet for Christmas.
Knowing AE, we will have a new pet in the Schmidt house by the beginning of '08. Who would ever of thought our daughter would be motivated by rodents?
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