Three Year Old Perfection (to her mom and dad anyway)

Self Portrait (from L's photo portfolio)

So yesterday was the end of our evaluation experience. Punctuated by a committee hearing on L's eligibility for special needs help or disability services. Although the results of her evaluation are that she is in the normal range for her developmental progress, and we feel comfortable that what we see at home and on play dates is just fine and no red flags, her teachers are still certain there is something wrong. We believe their hearts are in the right place, but they are wrong. They are so certain that their school is "flawless" (my word not theirs) that they can't believe that it may not be a good fit for my daughter. Therefor the issue is our daughter and not the environment to them. 

So with their words ringing in our ears at the end of the conference committee: "we are certain you will be back to the office of special needs in a year and you will have missed valuable time", we are over analyzing every little quirky thing L does. Along those line, here is kind of a funny little story.

I was driving my daughter to school a couple of weeks ago and (somewhat inanely) engaging her in conversation using techniques that her evaluator had given me. Oh and  let me add that many mornings before this whole evaluation experience- I would have the radio on and we would have a relaxing, fairly quiet ride to school. Well after about 5 minutes of my prattling on, L says to me: "Turn the radio on please, Mommy" (she's nothing if not polite). And when I did, she visible relaxed in her car seat and looked out the window in relief. 

So much for all this expertise????