I created a Facebook Monster

A natural progression from having a email address (since age of 5) would be a Facebook account? 
Wrong.
I kind of knew that,  but hey I thought maybe it will help Timmy, my soon to be on ADHD medication nearly 8 year old son, with his reading and writing.  Okay the constant nagging and trying to get an account on his own and almost succeeding didn't help.  So I laid down the law.  I HAD TO BE THERE WHEN HE WAS USING FACEBOOK.

Wednesday - Timmy became an official underage Facebook fan.  Timmy acquired 2 friends (1 family member and 1 friend of the family). Timmy became a FARMVILLE farmer.

Thursday - Timmy acquired 1 more family friend.  Timmys FARMVILLE crops withered and died, 0 coins left.  But he recovered by selling the pigeon feeder. 

Friday during work -  It was a holiday so Timmy was home with his dad.  He calls me during the middle of the day and ask if I could get on Facebook so he could have a friend online. But I inform him we can't do that at work. About an hour before quiting time I get another couple of phone calls.  He was still probing for me to get on Facebook.

Timmy;  "Are you finished working" 
Mom; "Yeah, but I have another hour at work"
Timmy; "Okay ask your boss very, very, very nicely if you can go on Facebook"
Mom; "We don't have Facebook on our computers"
Timmy;  "Then ask your boss if you can download it - then delete it"
Mom: well I couldn't talk as was laughing too hard.  I put him on hold while I pulled myself together.  He was serious.

Friday after work - Timmy acquired 1 more family friend, 6 friend requests- didn't know any of them, and he was an official member of 3 fan clubs. Typed 1 comment on his older brothers page "I hat you. You are as hoo."

Timmy banned from Facebook by his mom.

Not the words I was expecting from him. More books - less Simpsons.
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Possible ADHD victim

Well we finally endorsed THE letter.

THE letter that spells out the past three years of Timmy's life.

THE letter that has the words impulsivity, hyperactivity, and risk-taker.

THE letter that allows us to go down the path of Timmy being an ADHD victim.

THE letter that in a way gives some sort of explanation of Timmy.

I remember when he was little playing on the play ground and I felt I had to watch him all the time thinking that he might not be understood, or that he might be too overbearing or too rough.  Well that has been going on since he was 4.

The next steps are seeing a child pediatrician.  That could take awhile in Australia. We will know soon enough.  Stay tuned.

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Timmy the Magician

Timmy the magician shows how he can be in two places at one time.  It happens really, really quickly.

Craig pulls into the driveway and spots Timmy on the roof.  Craig comes into the house, Timmy is in the shower.

Then comes the look - the one where he tries to looked innocent, after all he was in the shower at the time.

Oh yeah he tried to lie his way out of it.  Then painfully told the truth.  Then had no TV, no computer, and no play station for the day.


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Timmys Bible Story

Timmy finally got presented his Bible from Living Waters Lutheran school, as did all the other year 3 kids.  He has been anticipating this event since the beginning of year 2.  When confronted with the question back in the last term of year 2 on whether or not he should stay behind in year 2 he replied:  "Probably".  Then he thought about it, changed his mind and said;  "Well, I can go up to year 3, get my Bible, and go back down to year 2"

Eyeing Up the Bibles

        
          






See me

Its Official

   

I got my Bible

Oh Yeah!

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Timmy Story x 2

My husband and I exchanged "Timmy Stories" after work the other day and I went first.

I was entering Timmys room that morning to wake him up for school and I smelled vomit.  His pillow was wet, but there were no chunks.  I looked around for the chunks - no chunks anywhere, just the smell.  The waking Timmy was rolling around and I hear this crinkling sound like that of a baby's toy.  It was coming from his pillow.  After inspection of the pillow I find a one kilo bag of once frozen peas/carrots under his pillow case.  Timmys reply was "My pillow was hot"

Craig was driving home from picking Timmy up from Lil Antz afterschool care and got a thumbs up from a passing car.  Only the driver was delivering the thumbs up to the back seat passenger.  Looking in his rear-view mirror Craig spies Timmy with half his finger lost inside his nose.  So he yells to the back seat "Pick me a winner".  Holding up his finger Timmy exclaims: "It's a loser".

I wonder what happens at school?

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Middle of the Sea

I overheard a conversation that just explains everything about our Timmy, a 7 year old borderline ADHD kid. He had his little friend Christina over for a swim. They were playing some game that involved boogie boards and jumping in the pool.

Timmy, perched on top of the pool ladders handles tells Christina; "go into the middle of the sea"

Christina; "huh?" {we have a 15 foot round above ground pool}

Timmy; "go into the middle of the pool"

Christina; "are you going to jump on me?"

She definitely knows our Timmy and has learned a very key rule in life;

NEVER MAKE ASSUMPTIONS!.

This is the third agreement in a book I just read called "The Four Agreements" that explains the Toltec (an ancient Mexican ethic group, teachings on life). A quote from the book; "Everything we do is based on agreements we have made - agreements with ourselves, with other people, with God, with life"

The four agreements are;

The first - Be true to your word

The second - Don't take anything personally

The third - Never make assumptions

The fourth - Always do your best.

Its a great book with a lot of wisdom and some great rules for living.

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Freeze Frame Chocolate

Freeze frame - an image capturing a moment in a single instance.

Its 6:10 am, Spongebob is shouting in the background; "got to make those crabby patties". Timmy, our border-line ADHD kid, fully dressed for school enters stage right from the kitchen. Spots me from the corner of his eye, freezes in mid-stride, with hands cupped together holding a volcano size mound of chocolate chips. With mouth hanging open and a surprised then defeated look on his face, I knew exactly what he was thinking in that single moment.... "if only I made it to the couch."

It would of been a perfect start of any kids day - chocolate always improves your disposition.







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