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dorchadas ([personal profile] dorchadas) wrote2024-09-08 08:01 pm

Two Laila moments

Today was Laila's first day of Hebrew school and it went...okay. For the early part of it while people were singing, she had an extremely hard time sitting still. She didn't like any of the singing, she didn't want to sit still, and she didn't want to participate in the dancing or the movements that went with the songs. Once we moved on to the activity portion of the time, though, she had a great time making a Rosh Hashanah card with her wishes for the New Year as suggested by [instagram.com profile] sashagee--"Go in the potty", "Drama-ma-ma-ma", and "Draw." Then when the songs at the end started, she was more interested in participating while a couple other children started getting very fussy. The culprit revealed itself when we got home, though. She hadn't taken a nap at all over Shabbat and she went down for a nap at 1:30 p.m. today and didn't wake up until 5 p.m.! No wonder she was so cranky. She must have been massively sleep-deprived. Poor baby. Emoji Kawaii heart

[instagram.com profile] sashagee was out at a girls' brunch, so I was making dinner and when I did, I put on the song in my Listening section. After about half a verse, Laila came over to me and said "Hold you [me] abba" and held her arms up to me. She hugged me super tightly and kept putting her cheek up to my lips to kiss, and when I asked her if she was okay, she said "Uh uh" but she wouldn't tell me what was wrong. When the song was over, I put her down and asked her if she wanted different music. She didn't answer me, but when I put on Zelda & Chill she was soon boxing with her Ariel the little mermaid plushie and giggling, so it all worked out in the end.

She didn't understand the words, but she knew it was a sad song. Emoji dejected

My next post will have no Laila news and will instead be about music.