Today Jayna had a particularly horrible day. I won't go into great detail here, as that's really not what this post is about...although it IS worth mentioning. She was excluded by her friends at school and it really shook her up. It shook her up so much so that she had trouble focusing on her schoolwork and cried over one very small mistake. Her entire school got into trouble at naptime and since (her words) "I promise, mommy, I wasn't the one doing the bad thing.", it was extra traumatic. She also witnessed an event of non-sharing that was directed at her and that just sent her over the edge.
Poor kid. Her heart was broken. I wanted to cry right along with her, but I contained myself. This was her moment and her lesson to learn and I didn't want to commiserate with her and make things worse. I just listened and offered advice when needed and tried to teach her how smart and giving and funny and creative she is.
Here, we are looking through all of the schoolwork she brought home. She is such a creative artist and she colors better than me! She also did very well on all of her worksheets and writing exercises. We celebrated her outstanding work and it made her feel a little better.
Chris has been telling Jayna for MONTHS that when she was able to cross the monkey bars by herself at tumbling that he'd buy her ice cream. Well, SHE DID IT TONIGHT!!!!
And she held him to his word. The Purple Cow...black raspberry with dark chocolate pieces...at Pinnochio's was deeeeelicious.
She was so proud of herself. It really did turn her day around to have such a giant accomplishment on a day that started out really crappy.
And we all know that when you're little, the world's problems can be solved with hugs and ice cream. :)
2 comments:
Glad Jayna's day ended on a positive note!
I wonder how many of our big people problems could also be solved with hugs and ice cream . . .
she is breathtakingly beautiful, you know. It is so hard to be little sometimes!
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