Claire has recently had a series of, shall we say, "challenging" days at school. The primary problem is her unapologetic refusal to follow a wide variety of instructions given by her kindergarten teacher, Ms. Cable. From what we've been able to gather, her rationale for this behavior seems to be that the sheer unreasonableness of Ms. Cable's requests -- all of them -- literally makes it impossible for Claire to comply.
Yesterday, however, her teacher reported that she had a terrific day. Lindsay, our own personal Super Nanny, praised Claire for working so hard to behave well -- and unwittingly discovered the truth behind Claire's conduct. The conversation went as follows:
Lindsay: ''Claire, I'm so proud that you had a good day today, because I know that yesterday was tough.''
Claire ''I had to have a good day. I ran out of bad powder.''
