The dance

I wish I could post pictures. She looked so amazing and she felt like a real princess. She could be found spinning around so her dress would fly outward. Not an ounce of grace, but a smile that couldn't be tamed. She was so super happy and excited.

Daddy got her a corsage and she loved it. He opened the car door for her and drove off. His concerns were that she would just stand along the wall and not want to dance for 2 hours but he was so wrong in that. She found a friend upon arrival that invited her out to the dance floor, Dads in hand, they went. She bounced from group of friends to group and back out the dance floor for the whole 2 hours and had nothing but wonderful things to report about it. Daddy took pictures on his phone and of course, camera crazy mom took a few before she left.

Tonight C has a friend over. Her friend from church. Dad made the observation that at the dance C never really stuck with any one friend for any period of time. She literally bounced superficially. The comment that the teachers make about everyone loves her seems to be true but actually befriending people is really hard. Case in point, tonight her friend from church is over to stay the night. She plopped herself down on the couch once we got home from picking the friend up and began to turn to Disney Channel. I told her that she needed to play iwth her friend since she had a special chance to do that. She honestly can't figure out what to do with her... she doesn't know how to engage with a friend. HONESTLY. She took her to her room and then played on my old phone, leaving nothing for her friend to do. This has happened several times tonight and Daddy just turned Rock Band on the tv and they are now doing that together. I don't think she knows that she isn't engaging either. She is content to do not connect... they don't chit chat, play games, etc. They have to be stimulated by something else and then they do fine. This is not normal or good... any suggestions here or will it work out with time??