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Because The Show Must Go On

February 14, 2019 by not your average mom 2 Comments

If you’ve been around here for a few years, then you might remember that our elementary school does a fourth grade play. And four years ago, when Number 3 was in fourth grade, he was very unexpectedly cast as the lead role in Aladdin. The kid who literally never spoke in preschool or kindergarten was […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: 4th grade play, Aladdin, disney musicals, elementary school plays, peter pan

Prince Ali, Fabulous He…

March 19, 2015 by not your average mom 4 Comments

For those of you not on Facebook, I posted this today:   I don’t usually do TBT photos. But I wanted to today… This is Number 3’s preschool picture from when he was four years old. It was taken almost exactly 5 years ago. Number 3 hardly spoke at all that year at school. He was […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: 4th grade plays, Aladdin, Number 3, overcoming anxiety

Never in a million years.

December 23, 2014 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Number 3 didn’t start preschool until he was four. He was extremely shy, very anxious, and was described by his teacher as a child who “is always on the perimeter; always an observer.” She went on to tell me that she didn’t think anything was wrong with him, though. She didn’t mean it in a […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Aladdin, elementary school plays, overcoming anxiety, panic attacks

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