Adventures of Evie

  Well today was a rough one. It started off fine but as we drew closer and closer to bus time Evie started to meltdown. In a BIG way. She refused to get dressed. She wouldn't eat lunch. She didn't want to put on shoes. There were tears. Lots and lots of tears. So because my job is pretty flexible I decided to see how driving her to school would go. We have never done the drop off before so I had to do a little research on where to go and how to do it. But I left work early, she ate some lunch, got dressed, and we grabbed her bag and headed out. It was a new adventure for sure but for once she went into school with a smile on her face. It makes me really sad how hard the bus has been for her. She was SO excited last year to ride that big, yellow school bus. A few of her neighborhood friends ride too so I'm not sure if it's the noise or the bus bully making it so hard. Maybe it's the cold of the bus stop and the ride. Maybe it's just the extra 45 minutes with mam...

  Yesterday we got to go out to Evie's school and meet her teacher and see her classroom. She had a lot of nerves after leaving and she was really not having it when she woke up today. She cried and told me she couldn't go and begged me to let her stay home. She told me she'd miss me too much and she wanted to wait til next year and that she ABSOLUTELY was NOT getting on the bus today. I had a hopeful solution already in the works and it did help a little but she still was a ball of nerves all morning. After I had her calmed down some I gave her this little bracelet I made for her a few weeks ago. It has all her favorite colors and a little heart bead in the center. I told her I had put kisses and hugs in the heart and that if she got lonely or scared or needed mama while she was at school all she had to do was just look at her bracelet and rub the heart and it would be like a virtual hug and kiss til she got home. She really loved that and was so excited to put it on. With...