Parental Bribery

Previously Daughter had been having a problem with talking in class. Actually, I should say the problem was that she had *no problem* with talking in class. The teacher, however, found it a little distracting. :-)
The lovely way that genetics works, apparently Daughter got her "gab gene" from me. Fortunately, as she grows, it obvious that she got her "good looks gene" from Mommy. (and we're all quite relieved :-)

The good news is that Daughter is learning to only gab at the appropriate times and so her behaviour marks in school have improved drastically lately. This is due (in no small part) to a bribe that I came up with. She had been good all week - not a single time called down by her teacher - so last Friday (9-15) the 3 of us piled into the car and set off for a "surprise" destination. When we pulled into the local first run movie theater, she was elated. And I told her "Every week that you are on all green, we'll go see a movie.".

We saw "Everybody's Hero". Its a G-rated animated film that Christopher Reeve and his wife Dana worked on before their deaths. No plot spoiler here. Daughter liked it so much (and she was "all green" again this week) that it looks like we're gonna see it again tomorrow (9-23)