Missy LOVED swimming! She was so funny and very, very excited. You never saw anyone so happy. She deserved it, too. She had worked really hard at obeying with a smile all day. She went to sleep with a joyful face and looking forward to the next day's swim. It was a good day for both kiddos. I appreciated the sweet, and happy day.
Little Missy was quite content to be near me all day. She didn't even question it or ask for the girls. She was huggy and loving.
Today will not have such a great record. We've been up the mountain before breakfast already so no swimming today. I did think it was good that Missy cut her tantrum short. It only lasted 10 minutes... which was how long it took to get ready to hike. She was a wildcat slapping and kicking and screaming and yelling "NO!" and suddenly she was calm and obeyed and hiked willingly. She hoped to earn some brownie points and get her swimming privilege back, but it doesn't work that way. We only went to the second ridge where we rested and talked and prayed before coming home. Buster went with because he happened to be in time-out for a small thing when Missy started. I felt like I couldn't let him off the hook and leave him with the girls since he hadn't been very pleasant towards them. I figured a little preventative medicine couldn't hurt.
I talked to a friend who just adopted two kids. She also has the problem with friends not understanding the need to give time for bonding - some of the same ones we get funny looks from when we say that Little Miss can't sit on their lap and snuggle. It's a problem because they don't understand how a child who needs so much love and attention shouldn't be getting it from as many places as possible. It just wreaks havoc with making real connections with those who are to be the ones they answer to. Who would have thought that an attentive teenage sister would be a problem?
Little Guy has taken up a new sport. Fly Swatting. It beats running and screaming from them :-). Well, excuse me for now, I'm being buttered-up big time and the syrupy sap doth flow.... what in the world can they want? (Besides for me to change my mind about swimming today?)
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People just aren't familiar with the attachment process. Perhaps you could make a flyer or business cards with a short summary on it. Glad you had yesterday :)
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