What a way to start the morning! After finishing tutoring in the morning and before the regular day begins, Bella and I take the time to dance. I hold her in my arms and we swirl around the room, then we jump up on the desks and "dance the morning" away.
Bella is so shy though that when the students come in she acts like she barely knows me and allows only a quick peck on the cheek before heading to her classroom. Ah, kids.
One time she snuck out without allowing me to give her this quick hug and kiss. I rushed out into the hallway, got down on my knees, and like Marlon Brando stood in the rain yelling out "Stella!" in "A Streetcar Named Desire", I yelled out "Bella"!
As embarrassed as she was, I did see a smile cross her lips. At the very least my kids will have many stories to tell their kids about Grandpa Stuart :-)
