Been a bit off-schedule

This blog has gotten a little fallow of late, with my updates slowing.  Clearly there's only one reasonable explanation.

My daughter has gotten stupider.

Okay maybe that's not true.  It's entirely possible that I just went through a really busy and difficult project at work, am finishing up my Masters degree, and my wife and I have had so many weekend activities that Leili has been pretty regularly having make-up classes at Language Stars.

Yeah or my daughter's a dummy, I'll let you decide.

Leilani starts her class with a new teacher today.  Clarissa, her previous teacher, is leaving for greener pastures.  Of course the adults are happy for her, but last night Leilani was traumatized.  I couldn't get her to sleep as she cried, "But I HAVE to go to class with Clarissa." This isn't the first time this has happened.

When Leilani was still in the parents-and-tots class her teacher, Diego, had to abruptly return to Columbia for family reasons.  This traumatized her, as Diego was legitimately great, and I don't think she spoke much in her first class with Carlos. I don't mind admitting this was a little concerning for my wife and I, as we were worried that maybe Leilani didn't so much embrace the institution as she did the particular teacher.  What if she never enjoyed class again?  Did we waste our tuition?

It was ill-founded.  Within a week Carlos was getting regular hugs from my daughter and she was just as excited to come to class as ever.  When Leilani moved to kids only she was reluctant to go with Clarissa, and last night I had to calm to down her crying fit.  I have no doubt the next teacher will be just as great.