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The Italian Gave Me My Instructions

January 14, 2011 by sue campbell

At quarter to five, I opened the door to aftercare and Nora spotted me. She immediately started shaking her head, “I don’t want to go! I just started playing! I just finished my snack!”

“She’s been eating since three o’clock!” Her teacher said, in awe.

“You know what Miss Erin calls her, don’t you? The Italian.” She’s into slow food.

I walked over to Nora, who was playing in a sand pail, ignoring me.

“Hey kiddo, I know you want to play for a few minutes, so let’s make a deal. You can play while I go potty, and then when I come back in, we’ll go home okay?”

“Okay, but I really want to play.”

“I know, I’ll be so slow, okay?”

“Go poop!”

“I’ll try.”

“So much!”

“Okay, kiddo. Alright.”

Filed Under: Time Management Tagged With: italians, play time, pooping, slow food

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