On Saturday my daughter participated in a recital at her preschool.  I was looking forward to it, but tried to manage my expectations.  At her first class performance in December, she didn’t even go on stage.  We were late due to rush hour traffic and my daughter clung to me the entire time in the rented space at the senior center.  She  refused to be put down, much less sit with her classmates or get on stage.  I attribute her behavior to a) a very different environment and b) the event starting at 7 pm- her bedtime.  It was a bad combination for a newly minted three year old.  So when I got an email that the end of the year performance would be at her school on a Saturday at 11 am, I was hopeful. More →