"think time"

monday mia put herself in "think time"* twice.

she had been climbing on the eliptical trainer (hey, someone's gotta use it) and slamming a dresser drawer closed over and over again - both strict no-no's. i talked to her calmly about it and tried to direct her attentin elsewhere but she was just in a trance with the bad behavior. so i counted. "1...2..." it was here that she stopped what she was doing and sat herself down with her back against the wall. i told her she didn't have to go into "think time" and we'd just go and play something else. but no. she sat perfectly still for about 30 seconds and then exclaimed "all done!" and we moved on to the next activity.

how weird is that?

* "think time" is her daycare's term for "time out"