A few times in the last couple of months, Hope has cried over the fact that her friend Hannah sometimes doesn't play with her at daycare; she plays with Makenna, another little girl who Hope isn't supposed to play with very much. Hopey's trying to obey and not play with Makenna, but then that means she feels left out when Hannah and Makenna play together.
Yesterday was the girls' first day back at daycare. We kept them home for two weeks because David's parents were here to help, but since we have to pay whether we're there or not, and they have preschool every day that Hope would miss out on, I decided to take them to daycare on their normal days even though I'm home with Joel. So when we walked in yesterday, it was like Santa had walked into the room. All I could hear was "Hope's back! Hopey's here!" We were mobbed by about eight little girls wanting to give Hope a hug. Hannah was first in the hugging line and was SO excited to see Hope. It was nice to see Hopey's little face light up from all the attention. Last night she told me how much all her friends had missed her and that Hannah played with her most of the day. I certainly don't think having lots of friends should be anyone's goal in life, but for the social little bug that is Hopey, it meant the world to be the center of attention and know that so many little girls were happy to see her again.
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Good for Hopey for being a sweet girl that gets missed when she's not around.
What is wrong with Mekenna?
There was a two-week period where almost every day, Hope was getting in trouble for talking during preschool, talking during naptime, being disruptive in general, and Makenna was always the other person involved. The end of the two-week period culminated with Makenna wrapping a jump rope around Hope's neck. Hope couldn't breathe and was hypersalivating because she was being choked. So since Hope seemed to be incapable of saying no to whatever Makenna wanted to do, whether she knew it was naughty or not, she wasn't allowed to play with her anymore unless there was a teacher right there to make sure they weren't getting in trouble.
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