Another Late Night

It's going to be a while yet before Steff will successfully go to bed. She took a late nap and I couldn't get her to wake up. She ended sleeping for about two hours. And, thus she will not go to bed...We played this game last night too and she didn't end up falling asleep until after 11pm...
Other than that it has been a good night. Kieran and Steff played together well and did a lot of laughing. Sadie played on the floor and at one point she was literally rolling around. It was quite cute.
Kieran is having some problems at school...He says no one likes him and he keeps begging me to write a note so he doesn't have to go outside during recess. I think he may be feeling really down on himself. I can't be sure what the real problem is because the way he perceives things may not be completely accurate. I know he's been dealing with the holidays and not having his dad so I'm sure he's been at some unrest at school and he may be coming across in a negative way.
I know when I was in school I had a hard time with friends and I'm trying to remember what the problem was. I didn't have any problems once I was in Jr. High and High School but grade school was almost torturous to me. I know I was super emotional and so is he...And, I think that made kids afraid, in a sense, to be my friend because they probably didn't want to make me cry. I'm just stabbing in the dark here and feeling great pain for my child. Any ideas?
I know one thing...I won't write him that note. Or maybe I will. Maybe he needs that time alone. I can't be sure what to do. Maybe placing a call to his therapist would prove to be helpful. I'll let you know what happens with that.
As for now, I'm trying to keep Steff doing mellow activities and keeping the house dark so she understands that it's quiet time. I think it's working but all hell could break lose here in a minute...Oh, I love being a mom-most of the time that is...