A Female Eddie Haskell ?

She is the cutest seven year old con artist, I've ever observed. Who is 'she?' She is Ashlyn Brooke, the youngest child of our daughter, Dawn and husband, Shawn. (That's right, you should've been at that wedding>>> 'Do you Dawn take Shawn....and Do you Shawn take Dawn.') Anyway, it's fair to say Dawn and Shawn are compatible to the tune of SEVEN kids. I need not tell you how six older siblings along with parents and extended family can 'spoil' this last of fifteen grandkids. How spoiled is Ashlyn? Read on...

Ashlyn is a pretty blond-headed second-grader with a coy, pouty personality who often times will test to see how hard you'll attempt to win her attention.  Suffice to say, everybody has their own parenting game plan and part of daughter Dawn's plan is the 'Time Out Tool.' I'm not trashing Dawn's parenting plan, I'm just saying,  it ain't my method of negotiating the parenting maze. Whereas, I'd tell a child once what I expect  and perhaps repeat it a second time just in case there was a bad connection the first time, thereafter if we failed to have lift-off, I'd whack the kid on the butt to create incentive. It always worked. Okay, I've made the point!

At a toddler stage, Ashlyn was given her first  'Time Out.' After 'time out' was explained and ordered for Ashlyn, she asked, "Mother, can we talk about this?" When that fell on deaf ears, Ashlyn said to her Mother, "Mommy, you are so pretty." Some of this stuff started 'sticking!'

Okay, fast forward to current second-grade status. Ashlyn has discovered the school nurse's office and  it's great potential to get one out of the classroom. Of course, the nurse is savvy and called Mother  Dawn suggesting that they enter into a parent-school coordinating plan and tell Ashlyn she could bring one cough drop each day, give it to the nurse upon arriving in the morning and then during the day should Ashlyn's throat feel sore, she can go to the nurse's office and get the cough drop. That seems to be working out very well...for Ashlyn because she's now up to three cough drops a day. Recently, the school nurse shared with Mother Dawn that on a recent trip to the nurse's station, Ashlyn taught another child 'how to gargle.' I'm thinking by the end of the school year, Ashlyn may be a paid nurse's aide.

Those readers old enough will remember the television comedy,'Leave It To Beaver.' You will also readily recall the antics of 'Eddie Haskell.' WELL, welcome to the female version, Ashlyn!
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