A guy came up to me and told me that her coach had car troubles and we should join his group, who are the next age group after Brooke. I dont know where the other kids in Brookes group were, but we were the only ones who showed up this morning. Perhaps they knew it was going to be so hot and humid and (wisely) decided to ditch class that morning. Regardless, we joined another group of 2-3 year olds that also looked a bit low in attendance ... there were only two of them.
Brooke is still warming up to her old group so this change was not accepted well. The two other kids could run and kick the ball and were clearly a bit older than her. They could also talk and communicate with the coach, something that someone without the ability to put two words together yet has a little difficulty with ;) The coach kept trying to interact with Brooke but she didnt want anything to do with him. Each time he tried to talk to her she either grabbed my hand or hid behind my leg. Three different times during the 40 minute class Brooke actually started running from the group back towards the car while announcing "bye bye!". She clearly was ready to get out of there as fast as she could.Brooke wouldnt kick the ball. She wouldnt stack cones (so that she could kick them). She wouldnt go near the coach. She did play Red Light - Green Light, because she could hold Mommy's hand while crossing from one side to the other. She also popped a few bubbles.
At the very end the coach announced "Who wants stamps?" and Brooke finally paid him some attention.
She gave him a high-five in exchange for a lady bug stamp and we got out of there as fast as humanly possible.
