Mom visits school/ Caylee visits Grandma and Grandpa

Dear Caylee,
On Friday I went to observe you in your class at school. I watched from the window for about an hour and a half. You played by yourself a lot. I watched you have circle time where you shouted out your colors VERY LOUD, and I watched you play with Shaving cream and saw your friend Campbell put shaving cream in your hair. You played with a car and you really liked the big soft blocks they put out to crawl on and jump off of.

While I was watching Conner’s mom came in to drop him off. I told her that I was observing the class because you had been pinching other kids and pulling hair. She pointed to Conner and said “that’s my son… he’s the one that always gets bit.” I felt soooo bad!

You were pretty observant. You saw me a few times and each time you would start crying. I’m sure it was very confusing for you. You were probably wondering why I was there but not coming in. Finally, I came in to your class. You were happy to see me. I stayed for about an hour and played with you and all of your friends. I had SO MUCH FUN with you! We played chase and read books and danced and sang songs.

This weekend we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa in Lexington. On the way there you had your first tantrum in a store when we stopped to buy some snacks. You wanted to touch some candy and when we told you no, you dropped to the floor and started a very dramatic crying fit. It only lasted for about a minute, but we were shocked all the same.

That fit sort of set the tone for our visit. You greeted Grandpa and gave him a hug, but each time you saw Grandma you would just start having a fit. You had several fits, dropping to the floor and crying for many different reasons. Someone told you “no”, someone tried to play with you, someone looked at you, sometimes we weren’t quite sure why.

We went swimming at your cousin’s house and you had a good time playing with Catherine and the cat. (I don’t think the cat liked you very much.)

That night at dinner you got your first tip. A very nice older lady walked up and said that her husband told her that any little girl that cute deserved to have a dollar. I thought it was a little strange, but they were very nice. We are putting the dollar in your piggy bank.

Today when you woke up you were a little better. Still a little shy around other people. After we got home and had a good dinner you were your old self again. THANK GOD. We had a great time reading books and playing before bed time. I think you were happy to sleep in your bed tonight.

You have a FAVORITE book now. It is called “Riding the Range.” Of course it is a Backyardigan book! You pick that book out of all of the ones you have, and you like us to read it over and over and over again. You like to read it by your self too. You turn pages and babble and babble. It’s SO cute.

I will have to make sure to blog more often. I had too much to say tonight!