After swimming today, Ella had her special afternoon with Stella and Juliet. We switched their piano lessons to this afternoon so first Ella played with Juliet while I taught Stella and then she played with Stella while I was teaching Juliet. When Juliet’s lesson was over she went upstairs to play with the girls. All of a sudden, Stella came downstairs and said, “Lauren, we need the talking stick”. Whenever the girls have a conflict, they all sit down with the talking stick (rainbow lip gloss) and then they take turns talking and listening. The only person who can talk is the one with the stick. Basically, Stella was mad at Ella because Ella drew on the picture that Stella was making. Stella is an amazing artist and I think that Ella was trying to draw the way Stella does. Stella didn’t like it and she has every right not to like it. The mediation that I did with them was to tell Stella that it was fair that she didn’t want Ella to draw on her drawing but that Ella didn’t know that she didn’t like it so she apologized to Ella for getting mad without Ella knowing. I also had Ella apologize to Stella for writing on her artwork. They now have an understanding and know that neither one of them like it when someone else draws on their art work. After the talking stick meeting, they hugged it out and everything was cool. After dinner, the girls, Helen and KJ came over and we did the Wii dance game. Everyone had a lot of fun.
This is Ella’s art therapy after the confrontation. The first face is the one that Stella drew and Ella did the rest. It basically says, “Bad Stella – That is Juliet – This is me – Good Juliet.” The one of Ella is crying, She handed this to me and said, “I just expressed myself, now I feel better”.
Dance Party!Here is another dance video. Helen has the moves.
Great dance moves and amazing art therapy! Everyone’s got the moves. Lauren, someone else needs to hold the camera so you can express yourself with the Wii dance game. Love you. Mom