Emotional Day

Some days I just get emotional. Today is one of them in a big way.

First Bryce woke up not wanting to go to school which is a huge step back from where we have been with that. He has loved school every day this year and looks forward to going. Why was today different? He had a slight stuffy nose so I wondered if he was getting sick, again. But no, he was acting pretty normal in that area other than the stuffy nose. He cried big tears when I told him it was time to leave for school....hmmm. Not normal at all. I sat down with him and tried to get him to tell me what was wrong. He said he didn't like his school anymore and finally told me that a little boy in his class was being mean to him. So now I'm crying big Mommy tears because it broke my heart. How can anyone be mean to my sweet, tender hearted boy? We talked about it and he told me that "A" won't let him play with him and the other boys at school. Wow. I had no idea what to say!! That has to be devastating to a 3 year old, it would be devastating to me at 29! We decided that we would go in together and both talk to his teachers about it before I left him at school. We talked to both teachers and I'm confident they will do all they can to encourage the boys to include Bryce in their play. I picked him up today and he had a huge grin on his face and Mrs. Candace said he had a great day. Yay! He told me on the way home that he likes school again. Whew! Tough Mommy situation, but looks like we did the right thing with that one.

Second, my best friend here in Pensacola (Melanie, Liam's mom) is moving to England at the end of the month. I have known this for about 3 months but now that moving day is upon us I'm so sad!! Bryce and Liam have so much fun together, definitely the best of friends, 2 peas in a pod, Hulk and Spiderman, you get the idea. Bryce doesn't realize that England is very far away and that the only way we will see them is if we fly over there (which we hope to do in the next year or so). I have a wonderful playgroup full of great mommy friends but Melanie and I clicked early on and have become closer and closer. Saying goodbye is not fun and is making me emotional.

Third, the weather has been terrible for 4 days now. I know that isn't very long, but we are sick of being inside. Bryce wants to play outside so bad, but the fog is so thick you get soaking wet just standing out in it--and this is at 1:00pm!. I think I have that seasonal disorder where you get depressed more often in the winter (I'm not depressed, just more emotional).

As I'm almost finished with this post I realize that today is December 14th. December 14th 3 years ago our blog post looked like this. OK, that really put things into perspective. I can still be upset that someone is not being nice to Bryce, sad that my BFF is moving, and cranky about the weather, but there are much worse things I could be blogging about!

--Disney post coming soon. Lots of pics to go through!