Adjusting

According to Boylee's teacher, all of the kids have been a bit blah this week. I've noticed that Boylee has been vehement about not wanting to go to school for the past few days, but he hasn't been able to communicate why. And he's seemed fine once we got to school. But Mrs. Richards thinks it's a delayed reaction to the abrupt loss of four classroom friends. One left before the holiday, and three left suddenly during the holiday break, with no chance for anyone to say goodbye. She says she's going to plan some extra fun activities to cheer everyone up, and also do some icebreaker-type activities -- though the kids who remain all know each other, of course, she says it's necessary in order to rejigger classroom relationships.