7/26/21 – I Miss You When You Are Gone

I let you sleep until almost 9a. When you did wake up, you ran to your room to get dressed and brushed teeth. You wanted to paint your nails, so I did even though we were running tight on time because you were listening so well. You were happy until we got to theater camp. You had a really hard time letting me leave. You clung to me crying, said “Mom, I miss you when you are gone.” Ms. Lacey tried several times to help distract you asking for help with the balance beam and coloring. I finally got you to sit at the art table to color, hoping I could sneak away unnoticed, but you felt every step I took and kept grabbing my hand. You were so very sad & I felt so bad. Ms. Lacey let you call me from her phone to check in with me. You told me you miss me, but that you were coloring. I asked if you were ok and you said no. You said “ok, I’m gonna go eat my cottage cheese!” I talked to Lacey and she reassured me that she let you sit by yourself by the window and look out when I left and that after about 10 minutes you were good to go. That made me feel better!

When I picked you up, you gave me the biggest hug. You asked for a lollipop, so we ran to Whole Foods to get one (unfortunately the only box was a 60 pack, so now we have 59 lol). You ran the self check out and scanned all of our items and paid. We went home to ride your Bolt scooter and cook dinner. You called Grandma Noot and we FaceTimed with Daddy. After dinner, we did some puzzles and then you snuggled on the couch with Daddy watching part of a movie. I wanted to get you to bed a little earlier, so we turned the TV off at 8:15p to brush teeth and potty. You climbed in your bed with me and Daddy read a story. You were out by 8:40p.

I love you so much!