Tuesday October 9

We have a hard time adjusting to this 8-6 job thing.

Brent has been teaching a class this week so he gets home around 6:30 and still has his chores to do :)

But at least we get to have dinner together as a family.

And that's a good thing :)

 

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So how did things go with Cassi today, you ask?

Well, we have to leave the house at 8:55 to make it to school on time.

At about 8:20 Cassi started saying she didn't want to go to school.

I was careful with what I asked her to do and didn't get mad at her.

I told her it was okay to feel the feelings she was feeling but that she needed to go to school.

I asked her what she was feeling.

Scared, nervous, worried?

She didn't know.

She said she didn't like the bad words that the kids said at school.

I knew that was not the root of the problem....but I told her that in life there are people saying bad words all the time.

I told her that when I hear bad words I like to sing primary songs in my head to get it out.

She though that was great.

She went back and forth from all out sobbing to taking a deep breath and me thinking she would be okay.

I got them into the car and headed to school with Cassi saying over and over she didn't want to go.

I handed Elsie over to Miss Jodi and Cassi stayed stuck to my side.

I tried not to get mad, tried to reason with her.

There was nothing happening.

I could have just taken her home....but I didn't want her to win that way.

Does that make sense?

I finally told her that I would wait for her when I came to pick up Elsie and she could decide if she wanted to come home then.

But I told her that I really wanted her to stay.

Well, when I came to pick Elsie up we waited for Cassi's class to leave for lunch.

Here they came out, Cassi skipping happily with her friends....I thought for sure we were good to go.

Then she saw us, got excited then got a worried look on her face and ran over to us kind of panicked.

It was the weirdest thing......

She decided she had to come home.

She said she was just tired.

I had to honor what I told her.

I don't want her to think I lie to her.

So we went home.

I told her that if she went home it wasn't gonna be fun.

She would have to go lay down and rest.

So she did.

All afternoon she has been in high spirits and things have gone well.

She is bribed with a date night with Daddy tomorrow night if she goes to school.

Who knows how it will go.

Elsie has no school, so Cassi is going alone.

We will see.

I love this girl....I just wish I could help her with whatever she is feeling.

Any suggestions?