The news is all generally good. Allison is a very bright little girl. She
knows all her letters by sight, as well as recognizes numbers up to 20 (except
for 12 and 19, apparently), and colors and shapes. She's a good listener, and
follows directions well. At circle time, she doesn't volunteer much on her
own, but will respond in unison with the rest of the class, and answer direct
questions.
She's getting more comfortable playing with others, but also values her time
alone on the playground. It's natural for kids her age to push boundaries and
break rules, and the teacher was a little concerned that Allison wasn't doing
that, but Diana assured her that she was at home. The teacher also noted that
she saw Allison climbing a tree, which is against the rules, and was so happy
to see that that she turned her back and let her do it. I thought that was
cute.
She said other little things, like that Allison will proudly show off her Cars
shirt or socks, and stuff like that that puts my mind a little more at ease
that she's comfortable and herself at school. She's starting to initiate play
with others (ie: "There's a monster! Oh no, we should run away!"), which was
welcome news. She's sometimes sad when we drop her off, and it's easy to
imagine her miserable and suffering all day. It was refreshing to hear that
she's not.
One suggested take-away was to help Allison be a little more of an advocate for
herself. She'll sometimes suffer in silence instead of asking for help.
On a side note, I noticed some relatively new development the other night in
the shower. She frequently plays with her little dinosaur figures, and wants
them to talk to each other and play hide-and-seek or whatever. Normally, she
acts out one part, and wants me to be the other one. The other night was the
first time I remember her acting out both sides of an imaginary dialogue
between her toys. She doesn't spend a whole lot of time playing on her own, so
I thought this was a welcome step in that direction.
Not much other news. This weekend was a little bit of a roller coaster. On
Saturday morning, I took her to track class, where she again broke down in
tears and wanted to go home. We left, and I don't think we're going to be
going back. It's all activities that she likes doing, but I think it's just a
little too overwhelming at this point. I sometimes forget that she's still
pretty young. When we got home, she kind of crashed in Diana's arms, and Diana
noted that Allison felt pretty warm. She definitely had a mild fever, and we
gave her some medicine and had a quiet afternoon. Sunday was the Superbowl,
and we had been talking up going over to Norm and Teri's house and playing with
all the kids over there, so I was pretty bummed that she was sick. I figured
that unless she was 100% healthy, she'd have to stay home.
Surprisingly, the next morning, she woke up happy and bright-eyed without any
fever, and has remained healthy since. So I guess she was just fighting
something off on Saturday and won the battle. That morning, we met my parents
for breakfast, and then went to the local park and launched rockets! That was
a lot of fun. Then home for naptime and over to the Hamson's for the
Superbowl.
I wasn't concerned about Allison at the Hamson's house, but really curious how
she'd fit in with the boys. She's traditionally been pretty wary of older,
relatively loud, active boys. Jaxon and Landon are already friends, and Tyler
and Colton are used to being around their older brothers, so she started out a
bit of an odd man out. But she did fine, either playing by herself or with
Tyler. At halftime, I went out and played with all the kids, chasing and
playing on the big jumpy slide, and she was really happy with that, shrieking
me and telling me who I should chase next. When we left, she was all fired up
to call and invite them to play again. Really cute.
Every day, Diana and I love her more and more. She's such a fun little person.
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