Last Day

We got some good news in class last night. As long as we remain diligent we will not have to meet on Friday. This is particularly good news for us because Lily is becoming increasingly difficult. She had a meltdown yesterday at the McKenzies' house where she called Amanda "stupid" again and also told her that she "hated" her. While you don't want to take a 4 1/2 year-old too seriously in her anger, these are still very biting words. It is wearing Amanda out.

What we're trying to communicate to Lily is that we still love her even when she misbehaves, even if we don't like what she is doing. We also are trying to explain that words like that have meaning and that they hurt. Amanda made her apologize 20 times and say that she loved her 20 times so that Lily would start to understand that it takes a lot more effort to build up than to destroy.

We'll keep you posted...

Meanwhile, apparently Noah had trouble sleeping yesterday and last night. Of course, I always suspect a tooth. He has been eating like a horse lately, so maybe there are some growing pains going on too.