First Grade Update

I am happy to report, things are improving for Blueberry. It seems the ignoring trick is working. Bullista has, for the most part, stopped picking on Blueberry. She even asked, on Friday, if Blueberry wanted to play with her and her friends. Blueberry happily obliged and all is well, at least for now. Blueberry has started taking advantage of the free breakfast the school offers and managed to make a couple of friends that way too. She is back to being excited for school and this week she is the "Scientist of the Week". We are to practice a science experiment at home and then one day this week I will go to school with her and we will perform our most exciting experiment for the class.

The other day Blueberry came home and told me about a little boy in her class that no one would play with. She said, "mom, I feel so bad for him because he always just sits on the sidewalk by himself and watches us play. Sometimes he looks like he's going to cry". I mentioned to her that maybe she should ask him if he wanted to play with her. So, the next day she came home and told me that she asked him and he accepted her offer and they played together all day. She told me what a great idea it was to extend the offer of friendship to him. Ya think? Anyway, the following day I asked her if she had played with him again. This was our conversation:

Me: Did you play with S today?
B: No. I told T to play with him.
Me: Um, what?
B: Well, mom, S is a boy and he should play with boys. I told T that S needed a friend and he should play with him.
Me: So, did T play with S?
B: Yep. S doesn't sit by himself anymore. Isn't that great?

Yes, it is great. I'm not sure if I should be proud that she's such an advocate for the kids who need a friend or if I should be concerned that she's turning into Little Miss Bossy. Either way, I'm happy that first grade, once again, has become the wonderful thing she has waited her whole life for.