Friday Fun: Little Picassos!

Happy Friday!

The other day while dropping Anna off at day care, I had the pleasure of spending some time with her little friends as well. They are such adorable kids! Anna decided she wanted to draw me a picture to bring to work, and then a little boy walked up to me and gave me a picture he had just drawn and said, "This is for you, too!" (I know the names of everyone in Anna's class but I don't publish them without talking to their parents first so we'll keep them anonymous this time.)

Anna's pic on left, 1st little boy's pic on right

Llama Llama Goes to Work with Mama

As I've mentioned before, Anna LOVES the series of books about lovable little Llama Llama by Anna Dewdney.  Anna almost always brings her snuggly llama friend to school for nap time. 

Yesterday, however, she decided to give Curious George and Minnie Mouse a turn accompanying her to day care.  Anna was a little worried about how the llama would feel not going to school, so she told me I needed to take him to the office with me.  To assure her that he had a good time, I decided to document Llama Llama's lawyer day!

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow...

I hate day care goodbyes!   That pretty much sums it up – you can stop reading now.

Just kidding!

This is a phenomenon that every parent who puts a child in day care experiences from time to time:  the melodramatic exit.  Some of us feel awful enough that we have to leave our sweet little ones elsewhere all day while we work, so a parting that has the feel of a bad movie doesn’t exactly put us in the best frame of mind for the day ahead.

Miss Independent

[Proving there’s a song for everything.]

In our continuing examination of our “parental competencies,” we come to number 4, which is “Autonomy and Independence.”  To succeed in this department, according to the article, “you treat your child with respect and encourage him or her to become self-sufficient and self-reliant.”