Having increasingly strange nightmares. Last night's episode featured characters from Top Chef Masters. REALLY need to get my stress level under control. The main problem is, every time we think we've made a decision regarding Jonah's care, a voice of dissent comes along, or the program turns out to be kind of sucky. Which is not so much what we're looking for. At this point, Jonah has: two speech therapists, an occupational therapist, a nutritionist, and an early childhood intervention specialist. Plus he needs a BCBA, which we're still sorting out. I'm starting to wonder when I'm going to actually have time to implement any of these tools/lessons/skills we're supposed to be working on. On the plus side of things, he's added yogurt back to his list of foods, so... well, maybe at least now I'll have one kid who can poop without assistance.
I cannot believe I actually made it through this first week of kindergarten. Laney got the teacher we were hoping for, and I have to say that her school pretty much rocks. It's like they had a contest to see whose room was decorated in the most interesting/warm/welcoming way, and it just feels good walking around in there. Also, the school got another TEA excellence rating last year, so I feel good about sending her there (at least that's one decision made, with a pleasing result).
It's impossible to get any information out of her, though. Her reportage tends to be, well, creative. This week, she has informed me that one of the boys was teaching her how to "tongue fight" (umm... that BETTER not be true) and that a girl in her class slapped her, but her teacher thought it was funny and so rewarded the girl and punished Laney. I know she thinks she's hilarious, but I'm a woman on the edge here. Don't mess with me, girl. Just tell me what letter your class is working on!
Next week, the babies start preschool. God help us all.
You are mother of the year making K shaped pancakes and the kindergarten letters! Do you think Kerbey will make one for me in the shape of an A? My fave pic, though, is her in front of the sign. The expression is like "yeah WHATEVER on welcome back." Creative reportage is going to be the mainstay for a long time...probably forever, right? Isn't that what we all do with our own mothers even to this day?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're making progress getting everything lined up for Jonah. Daunting, I'm sure, but I have this feeling that you are the kind of mother who gets what she needs for her kids...and I mean that in the nicest of ways. I wouldn't want to cross you anyways... :)