The first sign that something's gone awry in your child's school day? You look right at them and don't realize it's them for a second, because they're wearing something other than what you put them in that morning.
Which is what happened to me for the first time today. Only Lily's shirt was different, but she was sort of crying. And it was explained she'd just been a mess of a sad kid that day.. including using her sleeves instead of tissues. Hence.. the "back up" shirt. (Well, I'd been meaning to update those clothes for more fall-like ones anyway.)
In the car, I told her it sounded like she'd had a bad morning.. and that I did too. I asked her if she wanted to hear about my bad day so that she'd feel better about hers. At first she said no, but then she followed it up by telling me I could tell her about mine anyway. Which I thought was nice. And actually, sort of beyond a 4 year old.
We thought we should just head home and eat ice cream, but the fact that I was pretty sure we didn't actually have any at home.. made us additionally sad.
Better luck for us tomorrow.
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