Rainy days and puppy dogs...
Today was a busy day but we also took it pretty easy. Last week Evie really struggled with going to school. She was so excited the first week, the second she was hesitant but cooperative, and last week somewhere around Wednesday everything went sideways. She cried. She ran. She hid. She yelled that she was "NOT GETTING ON THE BUS!" Of course, she did. But definitely not happily. So we took a little step back this week. She loves the activities we do and was sad about not waking up to one this morning but I think maybe it's time for a little break in the structure. We all need mental health days sometimes and every so often...maybe a mental health WEEK. Today she got on the bus no problem, however, when I picked her up she had a bone to pick with me...see last week I talked to her school counselor just to see if anything changed in class that may have caused her to suddenly be so adamant about disliking school and see what we could do to get her back on track. I told her...