A roomful of stars! Tues 10th Dec 2013

Today has been the first day in a long while that D has been a happy girl all day.

It’s partly due to this:

“Petal Bunny” – as she’s been named – is a new, extremely soft and snuggly toy. Bought not to replace Bunny as we’re still hoping she’ll turn up, but to cuddle and snuggle and generally make life a bit easier. D herself said “it will mean I won’t miss Bunny so much” and that says “mission accomplished” to me.

And this:

A poster that D and her teacher designed and took around to all the classes today. It’s something visual for D to see that we’re trying to do our best to get Bunny back..hopefully.

But mostly what’s been making D smile was her school Christmas performance today. Each child had personalised a black Tshirt with gold or silver stars, a Tshirt which they could keep afterwards. The story was the traditional Christmas tale but told from the star that shines above viewpoint, a little star who was unsure of himself but ultimately destined for great things.

There was lots of group singing, some narration which everyone did very well and some signing. A really lovely way to spend an hour or so and total kudos to the staff who coaxed and gently encouraged children with a whole range of anxieties and disabilities.

There is a little boy in D’s class who used to cry and scream if his mum appeared in school to watch anything, because it was out of routine, he also had very stilted speech. Today his mum and grandparents sat on the front row and he joined in, singing and even did some reading. It was amazing and very humbling.

Being a girl in D’s school is definitely being in the minority, she has quite a few boy friends who have decided they’re going to marry her. It was quite funny to see her during the end song with two such boys on either side of her, each snuggling into her shoulder. She loved the attention!

Afterwards it was back to class for a mince pie and a chance to socialise with other parents, always nice as the majority of children come by school bus so there isn’t a “school gates” catch up at all.

And we’ve ended the day with bubbles, lots of them.

T’s Christmas performance is next week and unfortunately we’ll be seeing that separately as the performances don’t either allow for younger children to attend or they’re at the wrong time. It will be good to see though.

T is definitely ready for the end of term, not only has he worked hard but his performances in the football team at school and their matches during the day, have meant that he’s coming home really quite tired. Which can then lead to irritation with D etc etc.

To dwell on that last point would detract from the fact it’s been a good day. It would be nice to think the Bunny poster works too.

I hope everyone’s day has gone well, comments/RTs/shares as ever welcomed, thanks for reading Jx

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