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Summer and Miss Delia
Jul. 1st, 2008 11:38 amFiona would be perfectly happy to spend all summer immersed in the pages of a book or ensconced in front of the computer.
Delia, however, is tougher to please.
She wants to be doing something. Preferably something creative. All the time. Like every minute of the day. And if she doesn't have something to do, she becomes bored very easily and when Delia gets bored . . . well. Our family does not want Delia to become bored this summer. I'll leave the details out, but trust me. I believe that, yeah, kids need to learn to entertain themselves, but there is other stuff going on here that Elinor Dashwood isn't talking about, and really, take my word for it, Delia being bored is a really bad idea. For the whole family.
She took a cake decorating class last week, and that was fun. She has been getting jewelry-making lessons once a week. Yesterday, she bullied Rob into taking the two girls to the Science Museum, and they enjoyed that, too. Rob bought a family membership to the Museum, but you know, there's this little thing about Rob having to find a new job, so he can't take them too often. I think we may buy the two girls a season pass to the swimming pool; it's not too expensive, and Rob can drop them off at the pool and pick them up.
I think she would like cooking lessons, and I checked the co-op food courses schedule, but there aren't any classes particularly nearby. I'm almost desperate enough to walk down the street to the Baker's Wife pastry shop and ask them if they have any use for a twelve year old who is passionately interested in learning everything about pastry. Probably not.
Rob said ruefully that she was threatening to make him drive her to Michael's to buy yarn to start a crochet project today.
Other (inexpensive) ideas to keep a very bright, very creative twelve year old busy and happy throughout the summer? For once, yes, I am asking for advice.
Edited to add: She does know how to knit already, btw. Remember this purse?
Delia, however, is tougher to please.
She wants to be doing something. Preferably something creative. All the time. Like every minute of the day. And if she doesn't have something to do, she becomes bored very easily and when Delia gets bored . . . well. Our family does not want Delia to become bored this summer. I'll leave the details out, but trust me. I believe that, yeah, kids need to learn to entertain themselves, but there is other stuff going on here that Elinor Dashwood isn't talking about, and really, take my word for it, Delia being bored is a really bad idea. For the whole family.
She took a cake decorating class last week, and that was fun. She has been getting jewelry-making lessons once a week. Yesterday, she bullied Rob into taking the two girls to the Science Museum, and they enjoyed that, too. Rob bought a family membership to the Museum, but you know, there's this little thing about Rob having to find a new job, so he can't take them too often. I think we may buy the two girls a season pass to the swimming pool; it's not too expensive, and Rob can drop them off at the pool and pick them up.
I think she would like cooking lessons, and I checked the co-op food courses schedule, but there aren't any classes particularly nearby. I'm almost desperate enough to walk down the street to the Baker's Wife pastry shop and ask them if they have any use for a twelve year old who is passionately interested in learning everything about pastry. Probably not.
Rob said ruefully that she was threatening to make him drive her to Michael's to buy yarn to start a crochet project today.
Other (inexpensive) ideas to keep a very bright, very creative twelve year old busy and happy throughout the summer? For once, yes, I am asking for advice.
Edited to add: She does know how to knit already, btw. Remember this purse?
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