  I hope this means the separation thing was a temporary blip. I've always counted myself very lucky to have skipped a separation anxiety phase with Aidan, I want to keep it that way. I honestly think he thought getting wimpery might make me stay at school with him. Yesterday when I picked him up I sat down next to him and talked about how I wanted him to be happy at school, we role played a little for what the routine would be, how he should run in and hug his teacher and put his lunch box in the cubby and play with the kids. His teacher got on board and said how sad she gets when Aidan is sad. He went along with it all, even sounded pretty excited to come back. Then, this morning, he didn't want to get dressed and didn't want to go to school. I put him in his bed and said if he didn't go to school then he needed to stay in bed. I went on with getting Ella changed and dressed and ignored him. A few minutes later he said he was ready to go to school. He remained happy about it all until it was time to get out of the car, and he buried his face again. I told him he didn't want to stay in bed, it's much more fun to play with kids and he got out of the car willingly.
One more balk at the door to the classroom, though. This is where, for the past two mornings, things really deteriorated. Today I tried to assure him that I would come back to get him after he ate and napped. He looked up at me with his big brown eyes and said, mommy, will you come with me? and he held his hand out to me. I said for one minute and took his hand, at which point he rushed into his room and put his lunch box up and ran to his teacher.
He was already interested in what the other kids were doing. I interrupted a little--you're never supposed to sneak out--and said, ok Aidan, I'm leaving now. Bye Bye! Aidan asked again if I would stay and I answered no, but I'll be back to pick you up in a little bit. He was a little eased and this was a huge improvement over the clingy cry that he had yesterday so I turned and walked out.
No crying haunted me as I walked down the hallway, I didn't have to hide in the foyer and send in someone to see if he's ok now. It felt great! If only Ellie felt great, too. She seems to be under the weather, is pretty unhappy, spits up big amounts of her food at once right after eating. She hasn't gotten rid of her runny nose from last week yet either. I need to eat some good garlic and green chile to up her immune system. It tears me up when she's sick, that sad little sneeze and runny face! 
