Cameron and Connor have hit the bricks for school, Kindergarten and Preschool respectively.
Both boys seem pretty enamored with this whole school thing, let's hope the sentiment remains for years and years to come.
During the first week of Kindergarten Cameron insisted on regular visits to peer into his classroom after hours, pleading to please let him go in and see Mrs. Bassing.
One of my personal favorite moments was Cameron exhibiting is school pride after receiving his official school spirit shirt at the Welcome to Kindergarten picnic. We were home not 10 minutes and he donned the oversized royal blue gem. While chatting with our 13 year old neighbor next door I overhead him say, in the cutest voice, as he points to the logo on his shirt "Bulldogs". He was so proud, you could just hear it in his voice.
He seems to be making this transition to General Education nicely, he has a one to one aide to keep him on task and keep him safe. It's really too early to tell how the whole "system" is working, his teacher and aide are great. Working in all of his related services into a half day program is proving to be quite a challenge. So there is a lot of back and forth to school after hours to get him the services. There is not a dull moment in our week and I am seeking out a large wipe board to keep my head on straight.
Connor LOVES his preschool, there are tears everyday he does NOT get to go to school. I can't seem to rationalize with him on this matter. At all. He talks about his friends and the hard time he had "deciding" which wheeled vehicle to choose during playground time at school. Hearing him tell us about his days at school is a wonderful sound, he's so proud of himself and I have to say I like this typical experience, a lot!!
In the vein of typical experiences Cameron had his first typical ER visit, what boy doesn't end up needing stitches right? Boys will be boys, during some rough play Cameron took a header into the coffee table, there was some screaming, by all members of the house, lots and lots of blood and a race to the nearest ER to close up a large hole smack dab in the middle of Cameron's forehead. A trip to a new hospital, some stitches and we were home. By far our quickest ER visit on record! Connor keeps asking me why are coffee tables sharp?!?!
It took this family 5 years before making an ER visit for stitches, from what I understand this is remarkable, yay us!
