School Days

There seems to have been so much happening around here that I haven't had the motivation to write.  The Babe is loving school.  She goes in the morning, so we avoid lunch time.  When I pick her up, she gestures for me to leave as she's never ready to go.  Now in the morning when its time to get ready for school, forget it.  Its not that she doesn't want to go to school; she just doesn't want to get up.  I think she's the only child whose mother dresses her for school while she's either unconscious or semi-conscious.  She'll nod in acknowledgement that I'm talking to her, but eyes are shut, and she's ducking for the covers as soon as I grab a leg or foot.  However, once she's up and ready, she's happy to be going to school. 

Today her class is celebrating the 100th day of school.  Technically this doesn't apply to her as we started late due to when we moved.  However, that doesn't matter.  When I dropped her off, she said that it was the last day of class so now she can sleep in in the morning.  I had to explain that no, she still has school. 

We are all happy that she is able to attend this school.  They have been wonderful to work with regarding her allergies.  The only negative of having her in class is the exposure to colds.  We are now getting over the second one in the past month and half.  When I say we, I mean we.  Child gets sick means mama gets sick.  My husband's been traveling so much, that he's only just starting to show signs of what we've had for the past two weeks.  I think his is more from travel and stress then whatever we have. 

Despite having to get up early, and fight these lovely germs, its great that she can be with the other kids.  She's getting the socialization that is so important.  She's learning the fickleness of friendship, too.  She went into class this morning complaining about one boy being a bully.  She declared she wasn't going to be friends with him anymore or talk to him.  Well, he blew her a bunch of kisses when she got in, so she decided she could be friends with him again.  Little does she know that I think his bullying is because he "likes" her.  She happens to be the new girl, in that most of these kids have been attending this school since infancy or toddlerhood, and she's only been there a few months.  I suspect there are dynamics there that she's unaware of.  She's happy to play with everyone, although is learning who is willing to play with whom in what type of groups, or who is the "boss" when there's independent play.  Again, all things we must learn at some time if we are to play well with others.