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Noelle asked for 4 pony tails this morning … “because it would be like a rainbow.”

Boy, I wish I could just leave my listening ears under my bed.
Carlo is having a hard time with the extra time Nicky and Noelle are needing in relation to being back in school.  This manifests itself, of course, by a lack of listening and naughty behavior both at home and at school.  […]

My sweet Noelle is having a hard time.  I think the anxiety of the upcoming change from pre-schooler to elementary schooler is underlying the behavior issues.  So, I am simultaneously trying to deal with the behavior while helping relieve the anxiety.
My standards have shifted, though.  She tantrumed at school for 3 hours or so yesterday.  […]

Noelle is happy.
I am happy.
YMCA summer camp is happy.
Her old/new school is happy.
Nicky is happy that moving Noelle did not mean moving him and that he can stay at camp, which he *loves*. (BTW — YMCA camp was clearly happy with that decision, as well ).
And Carlo, well, Carlo is always happy.
The staff […]

Commentary — Kathy called me on my black/white point-of-view. She is right and it is not so much that Noelle failed, or camp failed, or I failed — rather Noelle may simply not be well suited for this type of day camp which transitions in bulk between activities on such a regimented basis. […]