As part of Tiffany’s courses this semester she is once again taking a class that requires her to observe and work in a classroom at the Children’s Institute. This is the day care center on campus where Kylie attends day care. Today was Tiffany’s first day at this particular class, and much to her surprise they took a tour of the building. Tiffany and Kylie had not seen each other for a few days, due to Kylie staying with me because of Tiffany’s work and class schedule. This is Tiffany’s description of what transpired today:

I had not seen Kylie in a few days and I missed her as I’m sure she missed me. I knew she was at school and I had to go to the Children’s Institute for a class. I didn’t know that we were going to be taking a tour of the place. Well, on our tour, we went upstairs to where the Gold Room and Kylie’s Rainbow room are. As we got to the top of the stairs, I saw that Kylie’s class was sitting in the hall singing a song while waiting to go to the little gym. I didn’t know what Kylie would do when she saw me. I kind of expected her to run to me and give me a hug and want to go where I was going. I was pleasantly surprised and so very proud of her. She said “Mommy” (in a whisper) and waved to me, then continued with what the class was doing. As the class got up to walk down stairs, she hesitated a bit and looked to see if I was going to follow and when she realized I wasn’t, she waved and went with her class. Again, I was so very proud that she understood that I was not there to pick her up and that she needed to stay with her class. All of this without anyone telling her what was going on. I am however, a little sad that I didn’t get a hug, but I know that she loves me. She is becoming such a big girl!

Kylie certainly is growing up much faster than I had anticipated. We are very proud of her and her understanding of situations as they occur, and her understanding of what is the proper course of action to be taken in those situations.