Wednesday/Thursday/Friday - The Frog

I'm not sure what happened to yesterday's post...I had written all about Gracie's frog experience and the post has vanished...so I'll say it again:

On Wednesday when Gracie was at school, her teacher took her hand and said "Let's go see the frog."  They went to the aquarium where the frog lives and Gracie was looking at it when it moved slightly.  That was the end for Gracie, she wanted nothing more to do with it.  Her teacher asked her "No Thanks?", she nodded her head and they went to put on some music and dance.  Gracie did seem curious about the frog still and looked at it occasionally, but always from about 10 feet away. 

Keep in mind that transitions or change can sometimes be hard for Gracie.  On Wednesday after school, she had a new bus driver.  She did NOT want to get on the bus.  I'm not sure what transpired to get her on the bus, but when she arrived at daycare she refused to get off.  Our daycare mom had to go on the bus and get her.  She said she pretty much completely shut down and was not going to do anything for anyone.  Thankfully she did fine that afternoon, but behaviorally that evening she was a little more needy than usual.  This is always our sign that something didn't go quite right during the day. 

She also woke up at 3:30 a.m. and was bright eyed and bushytailed.  I was not.  She finally fell asleep again at 4:30 a.m..  I did not.  YAWN!!!

Thursday was a great day for Gracie.  She got to play with lots of friends at daycare and had a really good day.  It was just her and I last night and she was in a great mood.  We picked up chicken mcnuggets at McDonald's for supper as a treat and she really liked that.

On Thursday morning Gracie had gone to her toy box and emptied out just about every toy.  They were EVERYWHERE!!!  I didn't have time to clean up, so they were still there when we got home.  After supper Gracie took it upon herself to pick them all up and put them in her toybox.  She had a very bright smile when I would tell her what a big girl she was and what a good helper she was.  She loves to help!

Gracie was a tired girl last night and with it being a little cooler, slept like a log.  She slept through the night, awaking very briefly at 5:00 a.m., only to rollback over and go right back to sleep.  She was in a FANTASTIC mood this morning.  Good rest will do that for a girl.

Have a great weekend.

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie