Today Parker had a Halloween Party at school, and it was a little scary, although not because of any witches, ghosts, or bats. He started the day pretty excited to wear his Superman costume to class, but when he got there it turned out that all of the commotion and activity were a bit overwhelming for him. A lot of parents (and even some grandparents and younger siblings) stayed for the first half hour of class to take pictures and join in the general ruckus. A few of the older classes did a "costume parade" around the school, walking through each of the classrooms in their costumes. The whole thing was pretty chaotic, noisy, and busy, which in general just is not Parker's scene; I think it was actually made worse by the fact that I was there with him, because rather than just suck it up and deal with it, Parker really started holding on to me for comfort as he got increasingly uncomfortable. Finally, it was time for the parents to leave so that the kids could continue their regular school day--which means that it was also time for Parker to have a total emotional breakdown as I tried to break away from his nervous grip. The scene was what I had actually expected--but never happened--on his first day of school: lots of tears, red face, sobbing, pleas to come home with me, and clinging on to me for dear life. Luckily, one of his teachers saw what was happening and came over to nicely peel him off of me (as he struggled and sobbed), and redirected him her way as I made my way out the door. When I came back to pick him up at the end of class, his teacher said that Parker ended up being fine, and he did seem much more himself when we left class together. Hopefully this was just a temporary event and won't cause a lasting set-back in his preschool career, since things had been going so well up until today! At least Parker was still happy to wear his costume--he even wore it out to lunch this afternoon! So I think he'll still have fun trick-or-treating on Halloween...and dressing up as Superman whenever the mood strikes him.
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