Its another typical day for Mrs. Mcguire commonly know as Jo, and it's no strange that she have two kids over this morning. They are running, Like wild Indians, yelling, screaming all over the house. Something that any mother is not too fond not matter how much they love their children but suddenly, something clicked on her mind, she remembered reading an article on a magazine about young children and the importance to get sometime out in their playing. Or quiet time to not get overtired, because in the long run according to the megazine, their bodies can get too exhausted.
Lizzie and Gordo are your very typical six-year-olds; at this point, she came around into the living room where the two children were playing with each other. Deciding to try this idea, in a rather boisterous voice:
"Kids! It's quiet time, which means, that it's time to have some silence right now!"
"But mom, we're playing!" "Yeah Mrs. Mcguire, I'm winning this time!"
"No! You don't, I'm winning!" "Oh, yes! I am"
"Now stop the both of you, and let's have some quiet time!"
At this point, she took a blanket, placing it under the window in the living room, ordering the both of them to lie down on the blanket. Not sure, what to make of this and looking at each other with confuse expressions; they just followed instructions. Jo goes back over to her chair in the living room and start reading a book. If you could get a glimpse of Lizzie and Gordo lying there curled up with their big bright eyes and then look up at Mrs. Mcguire the next thing you see in a slowly motion their eyes starting to close. Within minutes, both of them are sound asleep. Satisfied with the result she walks over to take another small blanket and proceeded to lay it on top of them. Going to the kitchen on track to make dinner, meanwhile Mrs. Gordon walks through the back door, noticing it is a little bit too quiet.
"Hello Jo, its quiet around here, where are the children?"
Mrs Maguire, laughing quietly to her self, put her finger in her lips.
In whisper tone "Shh, come here" and at the same time raising her hand up, waves her to come over to the living room door. Very quietly, crepting over in the doorway of the living room; were the two children curled up with each other sound asleep. Walking back into the kitchen and sitting down at the table, Roberta is the first one to speak:
"Um, Jo, I'm curious, how did you achieve it?"
"Oh, I just read a megazine, you know, parental stuff on how to deal with your children. And came across with a brillant article, well, it's good for their health to have some little- down time, but on the plus side we get to breathe some peace"
She elaborated how she called quiet time out earlier with Lizzie and Gordo not quite knowing what to make of it very quickly scurried over to the blanket underneath the window curled up together and very slowly drifted off to sleep. Roberta was amazed how well that worked.
"You know what Jo, I going to adapt that method, is just simple brillant!"
As the weeks went by, Mrs. Gordon is doing the same thing at her house. By just placing a blanket on the living room floor right in front of the window and the minute she would call out quiet time, you would see the two little children run over to the living room lie down with their eyes looking up at her mother and within minutes, they would be sound asleep.
Months turned into a new brand year, and a new family had moved in the street. The new family has a little Hispanic girl around the same age; meaning this would be a new addition to twosome. Miranda was a quite energetic and non-stopping talking girl, and over the next couple of weeks, Mrs. McGuire and Mrs. Gordon had made friends with Mrs. Sanchez, named Daniela.
Being inseparable now, they have a tendency of spending time playing on one of the three houses. Something nice that contributed to growing ties between the three families and making their friendship stronger.
On a weekend day when the kids were about eight years old, they were playing outside in the back of Mrs. Gordon's house. In the meantime, that kids where playing in the sandbox; Daniela and Roberta were sitting in the kitchen talking and drinking coffee. Just sharing a conversation of parental stuff when suddenly, rasing sounds began to disturb their conversation; standing up and walking to the backyard, they notice the three of them arguing back and forth. At this point, before Mrs. Sanchez went to say something to Mrs. Gordon about getting her daughter, in a rather boisterous voice: ¨Quiet time kids!¨
Prior going into the livingroom; Lizzie and Gordo standoff immediately, meanwhile Miranda not sure what was going on just followed them.
¨Well kids, lie down and get ready so I can read a story¨to you
Three of them are lying down on the blanket curled up with Miranda in the middle. Mrs. Gordon proceeded to sit down and grabbed a book, starting to read. Watching from the kitchen, Mrs. Sanchez notices that within five minutes their eyes slowly are drifting until they slumber in the arms Morpheus.
At this point, Mrs. Gordon goes back out to the kitchen and sits down explaining to Mrs. Sanchez what quiet time is and how it started with an article that Mrs. Mcguire read about and how well its working since then.
¨You know what Roberta, I going to do the same thing! Specially like my daughter being the energetic one!¨
As the years went on quiet time was not that necessary; the kids were no longer kids they were becoming teenagers. The parents were still getting the same exact response from the moment they mention quiet time. It would be amazing how this still have the exact same results, even when they started high school.
Lizzie and Gordo are your very typical six-year-olds; at this point, she came around into the living room where the two children were playing with each other. Deciding to try this idea, in a rather boisterous voice:
"Kids! It's quiet time, which means, that it's time to have some silence right now!"
"But mom, we're playing!" "Yeah Mrs. Mcguire, I'm winning this time!"
"No! You don't, I'm winning!" "Oh, yes! I am"
"Now stop the both of you, and let's have some quiet time!"
At this point, she took a blanket, placing it under the window in the living room, ordering the both of them to lie down on the blanket. Not sure, what to make of this and looking at each other with confuse expressions; they just followed instructions. Jo goes back over to her chair in the living room and start reading a book. If you could get a glimpse of Lizzie and Gordo lying there curled up with their big bright eyes and then look up at Mrs. Mcguire the next thing you see in a slowly motion their eyes starting to close. Within minutes, both of them are sound asleep. Satisfied with the result she walks over to take another small blanket and proceeded to lay it on top of them. Going to the kitchen on track to make dinner, meanwhile Mrs. Gordon walks through the back door, noticing it is a little bit too quiet.
"Hello Jo, its quiet around here, where are the children?"
Mrs Maguire, laughing quietly to her self, put her finger in her lips.
In whisper tone "Shh, come here" and at the same time raising her hand up, waves her to come over to the living room door. Very quietly, crepting over in the doorway of the living room; were the two children curled up with each other sound asleep. Walking back into the kitchen and sitting down at the table, Roberta is the first one to speak:
"Um, Jo, I'm curious, how did you achieve it?"
"Oh, I just read a megazine, you know, parental stuff on how to deal with your children. And came across with a brillant article, well, it's good for their health to have some little- down time, but on the plus side we get to breathe some peace"
She elaborated how she called quiet time out earlier with Lizzie and Gordo not quite knowing what to make of it very quickly scurried over to the blanket underneath the window curled up together and very slowly drifted off to sleep. Roberta was amazed how well that worked.
"You know what Jo, I going to adapt that method, is just simple brillant!"
As the weeks went by, Mrs. Gordon is doing the same thing at her house. By just placing a blanket on the living room floor right in front of the window and the minute she would call out quiet time, you would see the two little children run over to the living room lie down with their eyes looking up at her mother and within minutes, they would be sound asleep.
Months turned into a new brand year, and a new family had moved in the street. The new family has a little Hispanic girl around the same age; meaning this would be a new addition to twosome. Miranda was a quite energetic and non-stopping talking girl, and over the next couple of weeks, Mrs. McGuire and Mrs. Gordon had made friends with Mrs. Sanchez, named Daniela.
Being inseparable now, they have a tendency of spending time playing on one of the three houses. Something nice that contributed to growing ties between the three families and making their friendship stronger.
On a weekend day when the kids were about eight years old, they were playing outside in the back of Mrs. Gordon's house. In the meantime, that kids where playing in the sandbox; Daniela and Roberta were sitting in the kitchen talking and drinking coffee. Just sharing a conversation of parental stuff when suddenly, rasing sounds began to disturb their conversation; standing up and walking to the backyard, they notice the three of them arguing back and forth. At this point, before Mrs. Sanchez went to say something to Mrs. Gordon about getting her daughter, in a rather boisterous voice: ¨Quiet time kids!¨
Prior going into the livingroom; Lizzie and Gordo standoff immediately, meanwhile Miranda not sure what was going on just followed them.
¨Well kids, lie down and get ready so I can read a story¨to you
Three of them are lying down on the blanket curled up with Miranda in the middle. Mrs. Gordon proceeded to sit down and grabbed a book, starting to read. Watching from the kitchen, Mrs. Sanchez notices that within five minutes their eyes slowly are drifting until they slumber in the arms Morpheus.
At this point, Mrs. Gordon goes back out to the kitchen and sits down explaining to Mrs. Sanchez what quiet time is and how it started with an article that Mrs. Mcguire read about and how well its working since then.
¨You know what Roberta, I going to do the same thing! Specially like my daughter being the energetic one!¨
As the years went on quiet time was not that necessary; the kids were no longer kids they were becoming teenagers. The parents were still getting the same exact response from the moment they mention quiet time. It would be amazing how this still have the exact same results, even when they started high school.