Kaeli and Paige are over halfway through their first day of school by now. Steve was able to go with me this morning in case I needed some back-up during drop-off. But, neither Kaeli nor Paige gave me any trouble.
Paige just walked right into her class without a moment's hesitation. No clinging, no crying, no complaining.....is this what it's supposed to be like? I even had to ask her for a hug. She made it so easy on me that I didn't even cry. I'm just so proud of her and I hope she had a wonderful day. I will admit I'm slightly nervous that she will be wet when I pick her up. In the past, she's been known to wet her pants because she's too shy to tell anyone she has to go. Then, she doesn't even tell anyone that she's wet. But, I really hope she's past that by now. I think it's been almost a year since it happened last (beginning of 4 yr old preschool). Other than that, I'm betting on the fact that she's had a wonderful day!
Kaeli tried to cling a little bit when she first had to go into her classroom. But, it seems that each year gets a little better. This year her teacher just had to take her hand and guide her into the class. At least no one had to pry her fingers off me and drag her into the room screaming. So, I would say we've made TREMENDOUS progress! I'm sure she had a great day as well.
I can't wait to hear all about their first day!
Ryan seems a little lost without his favorite playmate-Paige. He has asked about her several times today. He also doesn't know what to do without her. To occupy himself he did make up a new game this morning. The beanbags were at the bottom of the stairs. He would walk to the top and pretend that he was going to jump to the beanbags. Let me tell you--it scared the heck out of me when he did it the first time. I really thought he was going to jump from the top step. But, instead he walked down as fast as his feet would go then jumped off the 2nd to bottom step landing on his KNEES into the beanbags. He just kept doing that over and over until he actually hurt himself. I have no idea how he didn't get hurt the first 5 times, but that's Ryan for you! I'm thinking he's going to have to put on some weight and just become a football player one day. He loves to run into things and it takes a lot to hurt him! I don't think ever wrote about this....but this is as good a place as any. Last Wednesday Ryan had to have some blood drawn for some lab tests. I was anticipating crying and fighting. But, instead he didn't flinch! He never once seemed the least bit scared and the actual needle going in didn't seem to hurt him at all! I could not believe he watched the lady get the needle ready and then watched her as she poked that needle into his arm. I was just in awe. I asked the lady if she's ever seen a kid react that way and she said maybe a few, but that it's very rare. She said they usually start crying as soon as they see the needle. But, Ryan has never let shots or needles concern him. When he got his last immunizations he just very calmly said "ow". The nurse was stunned--she said she'd NEVER seen a kid react that way. I'm telling you, the child must have very dull pain sensors! He's napping now. Soon after he wakes up it'll be time to go get the girls. I'm sure he'll be happy about that!
AJ's world didn't change much. He still just crawled around and tried to put anything and everything in his mouth.
Me? Well, I can say that the day has gone MUCH faster than I thought it would! It's already 1:00 and I feel like I just dropped the girls off! We spent some time running errands this morning, so hopefully we'll have more time just for fun the rest of the week. Ryan, AJ, and I will probably have lots of stuff going on every day. Ryan is still getting speech therapy one day a week (1 hour). Within the next week or two they'll most likely be adding a day of early childhood education therapy. I know therapy sounds boring, but really it's alot of fun! Ryan loves it. His therapist always brings a bag of cool toys. I'm also going to start taking the boys to a developmental play group once a week. Most of the kids there also have developmental delays and there are therapist available to help guide the kids during their play. I've been wanting to go, but it was just too much with all 4 kids at home. It should be a good opportunity for both Ryan and AJ. And, hopefully we'll have time to go to library story time once a week. So, as you can see, we are going to have plenty to keep us busy! But, I'm very much looking forward to it!
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