I guess I'll start by telling you that I got my little sidekick back! Back in August I blogged a little bit about Sunshine having a hard time at school. M and I kept thinking and hoping (and praying!) that the newness of school would wear off, that she'd make a few friends in her class, and that she'd stop crying and start enjoying kindergarten. But that never happened. In fact, the stressing and crying became a habit. So after much prayer, long discussions with M, and long talks with Sunshine, we withdrew her from kindergarten and put her back in private kindergarten so that she'd have a shorter day. And a much shorter day it is! I drop her off at 8:30 and pick her back up at 11:30.
She is soooooo happy. In fact, I even commented to M that I had forgotten how happy she could be. Seeing her happy again makes me happy again! :) We definitely made the right decision. But I'm still kind of surprised that she never recovered. Of all our children, she is definitely the one that I thought we could "throw to the wolves" (not that I would! I'm just sayin'...) and she'd be just fine. But she cried just about everyday during rest time for 6 solid weeks. And she cried every school night because she's start stressing about crying. "I feel embarrassed when I cry at school", she'd cry. I'd reply, "Then don't cry during rest time." "But I just have to", she's reply. So we'd say her prayers and she'd fall asleep, only to wake again the next morning already dreading rest time. Rest time was boring. She felt sad and lonely. And she missed Aunt B. And she was scared that I was going to die while she was at school. Looking back on it all, I guess I shouldn't be that surprised. Aunt B's funeral was just a few days before school started. The few days after her funeral were kind of busy ones - we were trying to get our ducks in a row to start school. I think that rest time at school was the first real "down time" that she had. She's doing so much better, and every night she thanks God for "making Aunt B happy in Heaven."
The irony in all of this is that I was the one who was supposed to have hard time with all the kids being in school and Sunshine was the one who wanted to go to all-day kindergarten and ride the bus like her sisters and brother did! But I have to tell you...I did NOT have a hard time with all of them being gone til 2:30. In fact, I was so productive that I felt like a new woman! :) I remember worrying last spring that I'd have a hard time with the house being quiet. I didn't have a hard time. I"ve always said that my favorite place to be is in my home with my children. But my second favorite place is in my home without my children! :)
But I am so happy to have Sunshine back with me!! All is right with the world now!
Thanking God for all four of my sidekicks!
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