Drama Queen

For the third day in a row at lunchtime we bawl, we throw a fit, we spit out our food. This goes on for 5 minutes, while mom patiently puts food back in our mouth. And then finally, we stop, actually taste what went in our mouth, and then proceed to gobble it up.On another note, we went to visit our new preschool classroom this morning. When Bella turns 3 this fall, she will start preschool in her own school district. Since her birthday is so close to the start of school, she actually gets to attend when school starts in August. So we went and meet her new teachers and therapists.

They were all very nice and friendly people. They are very excited to have Bella in the classroom next year. In fact all of the therapists were so excited to have a student like Bella, one that challenges them, and makes them think outside the box, one they hope to have a very large impact on.

I am very happy they all take such a liking to her. But it also crushes me a little to have "that child" the one that they get to pull out all their special equipment for, the one that will take so much more therapy then all the other students, the one they haven't seen anything even close to in 5 years. Yes Bella is just that special.

The preschool students also got to meet Bella. It amazes me how the first words out of their mouths are "She is so beautiful". There were two little boys enamored by her, who kept coming over to check her out. One little boy was very excited when he put his hand near Bella's and she grabbed on to his. Of course the boys also think her wheelchair is cool, and asked if they could go for a ride in it!

I find myself wondering at what age will they start to think she is weird and an outcast. Because I know it will come.