different day, different girl
yesterday I started to get just a teensy bit bothered by the fact that Aprilia was so bothered by noise adn later by the fact that being given a lift to Brownies by Nelly’s mum would require her to sit in Nelly’s mum’s car (with difficult to fasten seat belts aparently) that she reverted to wibbly toddler mode. I suppose it’s preferable to stroppy screaming hissy fit mode (which thankfully she rarely does) but still it fouled up my day as the plan was for her to play in the morning whilst I talked to assorted grown up type people adn then went home with Nelly to play there leaving me free to catch up on all the reading I want to have done before my next OU course starts. The aversion to noise left me stood in the reception area of JJs with a weeping heap who marginally perked up once home but wouldn’t leave my side for more than a few moments. The car thing resulted in her fairly deliberately being not ready in time for Brownies so me taking her tea away from her, frogmarching her upstairs and very nearly throwing her uniform at her.
She came home in Nelly’s mum’s car quite happily which I’m sure had nothing at all to do with the frosty vibes emanating from me whilst I drove her there 
She was rather proud of not only gettin 2 more badges (yeh, I know, you are all now totally bored of this badge thing but for the record it was Computer and Booklover) but of having escorted Nelly round the pack and held her hand whilst she made her promise at Nelly’s request because she was suddenly rather nervous about the whole thing. Nelly has been moved from Moles to Rabbits now so that she is in Aprilia’s six as aparently "she doesn’t throw a strop when I help her like she does for other girls" which made me smirk. I suspect it’s down to the fact that Nelly really does struggle socially (will talk the socks off strangers, telling them all sort of stuff they probably shouldn’t be told but finds socialising with "peers" incredibly difficult) but does have a good bond with Aprilia. Those 2 really are 2 sides of the same coin!
Anyway, this morning the strange and sulky child appeared to have been abducted and replaced with the daughter I am better aquainted with. She got her book signed for yet another Brownie badge at Kung Fu this morning (she had to set her self a target over 4 weeks - she set her self the target of getting her yellow belt in December - and do a scrap book which has taken a further 4 weeks to do!) and worked hard at training then joined in the general rough and tumble on the playframe afterwards. I do like that "spare part" sensation of not having a small child dependent on me for entertainment. And it really made me laugh when our instructor shooed her away when I was sat with the "grown ups" chatting with a stern look and a wave of the hand! He does a very good stern look….
We’ve spent the rest of the day on some KS2 Science CD-ROM that mum bought her for Christmas (she completed the whole thing and then did the "SATs" papers at the end, and only got 2 questions wrong so I can sit back now til she’s 11 can’t I?) and then moved onto something a bit more taxing in the shape of Zoombinis which is a great way of excercising your logic muscles. Then Duke came home and she sat and watched What the Vicorians Did For Us then demanded bedtime stories and has settled without the smallest hint of a fuss.
I’m sort of wondering about over sensitive to noise sorts of issues vs maybe headachy because she’s a sod for not going to sleep when put to bed issues. I know I could do a good line in irritatingly pathetic as a teen but she is really a very different creature from me in so many ways and anyway, my patheticness was hormonal (and has now been replaced by the sweet temper taht you all know and love…. stop laughing at the back!)
