Kindergarten: Day 3

So, waking up today was VERY difficult. Venice was very tired. When I opened her curtains, she complained as to how bright it was. When I turned on the light, she said it was burning her like the sun. Um... dramatic much? We were basically forced to pull the covers off of her, she did not want to get out of bed. She kept saying, "I'm not going to school today." "I'm never going again." "You can't make me go!" This back and forth ended up in a crying fest. She was sobbing and not really cooperating in getting dressed for the day. Oh yeah, it's also picture day today. Can you say "puffy eyes"?

We finally got her dressed and her hair done pretty for picture day. She calmed down in her room alone while we made her breakfast and she actually ate a decent breakfast. A miracle. Then off to school. She was great leaving the house, in the car, and walking to class. At her classroom door, we saw her table-mate crying. I showed Venice and mentioned how she was sad to come to school too and how Venice was sad that morning, that it is ok, many kids feel this way. I'm not sure Venice heard a word I said, she was "in the zone" ready to charge right into the classroom. Not to mention, her new BFF had arrived and had walked up to her and waved. Venice turned to me, pointing to him and whispering, "That's him!" So, after a horrible morning, dropping her off was somewhat of a non issue.

While we were dropping her off, BFF's dad was there asking us what Venice's name was. He said his son talked about her all day yesterday. So, the feelings are mutual :)

When we picked her up. The first words out of her mouth were, "You have to meet BFF's parents!" I asked why and she replied, "So we can have stay-overs!"

So, it was a successful day. She reported about her day. It sounds like there were no crying episodes at school today. She took her photo nicely. She ate some lunch, which is good to know as we are worried she won't be getting food into her body with out us hounding her :) And she was in pretty good spirits after we got home. Much more lively than she was yesterday when she came home (she was pretty quiet and just played computer games all afternoon yesterday). She played puzzles, talked to us, and was jovial. She still wasn't the nicest to brother Xander, but hey, we're thinking we're doing pretty good here!

It's the weekend now. Yay! We'll see how Monday goes, but we won't think about that until Sunday night!