The last couple of months have been busier than ever, with music, sports, photography, and just everyday life. In fact, it's been a zoo around here, and the state of my house is enough to prove it. But I'm going back through my pictures to try and catch up with this blog!
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Grace started Kindergarten this year, and was doing fine (or so I thought), until I got a phone call from her teacher one afternoon. She said, "I don't know if Grace has told you, but she cries everyday at school, usually during recess and after lunch. Today she cried so hard she was heaving, and I just held her until she stopped." I told her that, no, Grace hadn't told me, but that I'd talk to her about it. Her teacher said that she didn't think anything had happened, but that she just missed me.
When I asked her about it, she thought she was in trouble. But I told her it was normal to be homesick, and we thought of some ways to keep her mind off me when she got sad. We decided that she should start making up stories if she was sad, and that would occupy her mind a little. The first few days, she came home with 3 long stories each day, and told me about them when I picked her up.
I also made her a deal, that if she could go the whole week without crying, I'd take her to lunch on Friday. It took a couple of weeks, but she did it! We usually go to Wendy's. We take Joey, too, because he has almost the same lunchtime as Grace. We usually bring something from the restaurant for Andrew to eat, since his lunch is later.
One week, I decided to come eat in the lunchroom with her. She sat by her new friend, Kali (making some new friends also helped stop the crying!), and had a great time. And no more tears! Which is good, because she is eighth overall in her class of 23, even though she is the youngest student. Glad we made it through that one!
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