The "V" Word

Eversince she recovered from her stomach flu, Clarissa has been saying a lot of the "v" word. Which "v" word you may asked.... well.... "V" for vomit....

I think she vomitted so many times that she seems to have phobia on it. Of course, I also think mainly because when she was sick, she was treated like a queen, where she can gets away with everything. For example, everything that she doesn't like to do, she doesn't have to do it. I guess all parents do give face to their kids when they are sick. But, we sometimes forget how clever and manupulative our kids are. One good example is my dear daughter, who has recovered from her sickness since last Monday, but up to date, when she doesn't want to eat something or thinks she can get away from school, she will tell me she has stomachache and wants to vomit. And being a real drama queen, she can really act like she was in pain, crunching her tummy and covering her mouth as though the puke is going to come out anytime. But just show her something that interests her and she will forget all about the pain and vomit in one second :)

Not only she tried her trick on me, she also tried it on her class teacher. After the first day the teacher allowed her to rest, she tried to do the same thing the next day. Luckily for me (unluckily for her) her teacher are smarter than she thought. So instead of allowing her to have her way, she told her she can go vomit after she finished the work that she asked her to do. This is because her teacher told me she noticed that everytime she asked her to do some work, she will say she wants to vomit.

Few days ago, hubby and me bought her a pair of hamsters as pet. In exchange, I banned her from saying the "v" word, and true enough, the pair of hamsters were able to distract her from saying that. As the saying goes, you are smart but Mommy is not stupid either :P