In July we bought a Ford Explorer. Used, but in great condition, not a scratch on it. The boys love it - it's the "Big Red Truck" for them. They love for me to drive on the grass, to go through big puddles, they love to start it (yes, I give them the keys and let them start it - I know it's nuts). I love the truck, I have always loved trucks, that's just the way it is.
K & O also love golf. They love their golf clubs. They love to hit the ball. They love their 5 woods (which is one with a large metal head). They also love to pretend their golf clubs are other things sometimes - a broom, a snow plow, a baseball bat - I am sure there are many others. They sometimes love to slam them on the ground.
The other day, K & O were pretending the golf clubs were the brushes they use at car washes. They decided to wash they truck with these brushes; these brushes that really happen to be golf clubs. They did this on the doors and the rear quarter panels. They did this up and down and side to side. Over and over.
I haven't taken a picture because I am still trying to not be angry. They did it to be nice - to wash the Big Red Truck. It just happens that golf clubs used as brushes create really big scratches in car paint.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Golf clubs on the car
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I just stumbled upon your blog while doing a search for golf, and it made me so happy. You have an awesome family, the twins are just adorable and it's great to hear that they're "into" golf.
Wishing you all the best !
Oh no... I laughed pretty hard reading this story, probably bc OUR car is still sitting pretty. This will make an awesome story to tell THEIR kids :)
Oh my. You are a patient couple. You will remember this 'story' for years to come!
Oh crap. I don't know that I would be as calm as you. lol.......
Better get Maaco. Just a thought here though. Have you ever read the book "Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew" by Sherrie Eldridge? She did something similar to what your boys did and talks about it on pages 73-75. Apparently she scratched "I love you mom" and "I love you dad" on a dresser thinking that would be a nice surprise for them. Her mom choked out the words, "We love you too, honey." Sherrie, who is adopted, wishes that her parents had not "denied the reality of the destruction I'd caused and failed to follow up with age-appropriate consequences". I of course do not know how you handled that with them but I thought of this story in this book when I read about the golf club incident.
Amy
Hi Amy! Yes, I *LOVE* that book- Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Know!!! Love it!!! For the first year we had K & O we were very diligent about our attachment work with them. We are still mindful of the fact that we are an adoptive family, and that impacts a lot of our parenting in many ways, but it does not currently impact our discipline strategies! :) K & O, at age 3, had absolutely no clue that "washing the big red truck with golf clubs" was problematic in any way. They got in trouble for doing it-- they KNOW not to do anything like that again (believe me!!!) -- but it is just one of those things where, as a parent, you've got to just swallow hard and suck it up. That's been easier for me than for Braydon with this truck thing----- but then again, it is Braydon who adores that truck! ;0
Thanks for your comment Amy, and thanks for thinking of us with the Eldridge book!
Heather
Hi again Heather, it is a great book. Mine is dog-eared and marked in and underlined-and our son isn't even home yet! And yeah, guys are probably a little more funny about their trucks than us ladies are. I have a van and hubby likes to refer to it as "Amy's truck" when he needs to haul something in it. Other than when needing to haul something I think he would rather not drive the van.
Amy
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