Huge crowds, waiting in line and not having ALL the candy are three things that Maya has historically had difficulty dealing with gracefully. In fact, at least two out of the three of those things often bother me too. We went to our neighborhood's annual Easter "Eggstravaganza" the day before Easter last month. It was rained out last year, and the year before that, it was tense to put it mildly...
So we decided to give it a try this year, and we were very pleasantly surprised. Maya had no problem waiting in line for the big bouncy obstacle course/slide two different times. She also did great at following the directions about how to go through it, which entailed lots of steps. She waited very well in an area where they kind of corral all the kids like cattle in each of the age groups before their Easter egg hunt and then she found enough eggs to fill her basket. Even I was feeling a little enclosed by that time, but she did great. The way it works is they trade in all their eggs they find for a small bag of treats. All of that happened very smoothly. Shayne, Rick and I had a good time too. It was nice to be at a large gathering and not have to worry as much about any number of problems that would have happened a year or two ago. We are so happy about continuing to move in the right direction.
Yeeha! that is wonderful! She is such a big girl. That bouncy thing looks really fun, I want one.
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