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This is Sophi waiting for the bus. See the smiles? That is because she
is so excited for the bus to come and take her to preschool. Excited,
that is, until the bus pulls up. At that point the smiles are gone and
Miss Grumpy pays a visit. The complaint? She doesn't want Kevin to be
her bus driver. Every time she sees him, she yells, "I don't want
Kevin!" and throws some type of fit as I strap her in. This has
happened every Tuesday and Thursday since Kevin replaced her former bus
drive about three months ago. (For the record, it also took her a
couple of months to get used to her first bus driver!) Kevin
seems like the sweetest guy, and she can't tell us why she doesn't like
him-- just that she wants her old bus driver. He doesn't even touch
her-- I buckle her in and her teacher unbuckles her. He plays fun music
and is softspoken and sweet. My "mother's sense" tells me he is a very
good guy, and I'm not worried that he has done anything to make her not
like him. She just hates change, and so she hates him!
Well, this week a new bus driver pulled up. She screamed her little head off saying over and over, "I want KEVIN!" She threw the biggest fit when I strapped her in her carseat and sent her off with the substitute driver, kicking and screaming like she never has before. This turned out to be a huge blessing, because the substitute somehow helped her realize that she does indeed like Kevin! In fact, it's all she can talk about now. "I like Kevin! He is my nice bus driver! I don't want a new bus driver. Kevin is my favorite!" And so on. So thank you, poor substitute driver who had to listen to her wails, for finally putting an end to Sophi's disdain for Kevin. You have made our mornings much more pleasant. (:
Sophi is incredible. She can do so many things for herself! One question: How does she function at school with her shoes on? Don't her shoes make her less independent?
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She wears her shoes to walk to the bus and from the bus to the classroom. As soon as she is in her classroom, her teachers take them off. I believe they don't put them back on again until it's time to walk to the bus. Good question!
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