Yesterday I had to take all three girls to the dermatologist for various different reasons. Nothing serious, but they just all had some kind of skin rash here or itchy scalp there. Our pediatrician had given me a referral to a dermatologist to get a more specified opinion on what was going on with their skin.
When we got to the office, I was given paperwork to fill out on ALL THREE girls. We were new to this particular office so they needed all the information you usually fill out when you go to a doctor for the first time. Times three. Yeah, that took a while.
The girls were actually behaving fairly well, thankfully. Then I noticed why. I looked up to see a TV mounted on the wall and playing on it was Pirates of the Caribbean. Don't ask me which one, because I think I've only seen the first two, and those only once. Not to mention the part of the movie they were watching there was nothing but fighting going on. Wait-isn't that pretty much the whole movie? Whatever.
The girls had their eyes glued to the screen. Having watched not much more than Mickey Mouse and Sesame Street at this point in their lives, they were intrigued. They have seen Star Wars, but even that is not as shoot 'em up as Pirates. I looked over at Georgia and she was obviously a little uncomfortable. I asked if she was scared and she told me yes. I asked Lana if she was scared and she said she was fine. I reminded them all that this was pretend and these were just actors telling a story. Nobody was really getting shot or dying. Then I looked at Sonya who was going back and forth between trying to concentrate on her coloring and being captured by what was going on in the movie. She is the one who was afraid of watching movies for so long. She is the one who will probably never watch a scary movie in her life, at least not on purpose. So I said to her,
"Sonya, you okay? Are you scared?"
She looked over at me and said, "No, I'm fine."
Then after a pause she said very matter of fact, "I'll just have nightmares tonight."
Oh, well as long as you're not scared NOW.
When we got to the office, I was given paperwork to fill out on ALL THREE girls. We were new to this particular office so they needed all the information you usually fill out when you go to a doctor for the first time. Times three. Yeah, that took a while.
The girls were actually behaving fairly well, thankfully. Then I noticed why. I looked up to see a TV mounted on the wall and playing on it was Pirates of the Caribbean. Don't ask me which one, because I think I've only seen the first two, and those only once. Not to mention the part of the movie they were watching there was nothing but fighting going on. Wait-isn't that pretty much the whole movie? Whatever.
The girls had their eyes glued to the screen. Having watched not much more than Mickey Mouse and Sesame Street at this point in their lives, they were intrigued. They have seen Star Wars, but even that is not as shoot 'em up as Pirates. I looked over at Georgia and she was obviously a little uncomfortable. I asked if she was scared and she told me yes. I asked Lana if she was scared and she said she was fine. I reminded them all that this was pretend and these were just actors telling a story. Nobody was really getting shot or dying. Then I looked at Sonya who was going back and forth between trying to concentrate on her coloring and being captured by what was going on in the movie. She is the one who was afraid of watching movies for so long. She is the one who will probably never watch a scary movie in her life, at least not on purpose. So I said to her,
"Sonya, you okay? Are you scared?"
She looked over at me and said, "No, I'm fine."
Then after a pause she said very matter of fact, "I'll just have nightmares tonight."
Oh, well as long as you're not scared NOW.
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