This morning at school was rough. Once again, Ella was totally cool leaving the house and even in the car. Once we got to school, she got super clingy and really didn’t want us to go. In the classroom, she pretty much tried to climb into me and told me not to leave. We realized that this was really not a good thing, so I kissed Ella and left the classroom. Sunny stayed with her and showed her some photos that we printed out last night and she stopped crying. Ms. Alicia gave Ella her blanket and she was calm enough to let Sunny leave. I am not going to go to drop Ella off tomorrow. Hopefully this will make it easier for Ella. Yesterday, I asked Ella about these water tables that they have at school. She told me that she wanted to play with them but there were too many kids around. Today, Sunny wrote an e-mail to Ms. Alicia to check in and told her what Ella said about the water table. Here is the response from Ms. Alicia:
“That’s cute that she told you that there were too many kids at the water table but actually the reason probably is more because she isn’t ready to leave my side or if I’m not on yard duty then she won’t go outside with the other teachers, it will all work out soon! She was much better today. She painted I think like 5 or 6 paintings, one for you, one for Lauren, one for grandma & papa, and a few more. She’s going to be fine; it’s just going to take her a while to adjust.”
That made us feel good. Ms. Alicia is wonderful and we’re really happy that Ella is doing a little better each day. Ella told us that she had a good day and that she didn’t cry too much. She’s getting really good at expressing her feelings. She said that at times during the day she felt a little sad but then there were times when she was happy.
After school, we went swimming, had dinner at the pub, ran around behind the gym and then came home and took a beautiful walk behind the ballpark. The weather is gorgeous – it’s hard to stay inside.
Doing ballet in the hallway before school.
Running down the hall to get to the elevator before school.
Going swimming.
Taking turns on top of “stone step hill”.
Mommy was laying down in the grass chillin’ when she took this shot.
Running around behind the gym.
Ella found her special present from Purple Debi
Pretty cool look.
Having a blast on the Lou Seal statue.
Adorable pictures. Ella looks happy before and after school; I’m sure she’ll kick in any day now. Her teacher sounds wonderful. Love you. Mom