Wow! Both kiddos had a great first day of school yesterday!  I took Allie first, and of course, as always, she hops out of the van, without even batting an eye.  Doesn’t even say goodbye to her Mama!  Then off we go to Christopher’s new school.  The day before he met his teacher and after explaining to her that he wouldn’t be eating breakfast, instead of him going to the cafeteria, she agreed to meet us in her classroom.  Well…I get there and wasn’t sure where to park, so I pull into the drive where everyone is dropping off the kids.  One of the ladies, helping with the drop off said that he had to go to the cafeteria, so I reluctantly let her take him.  So as I was driving off, I realized that I hadn’t pinned a name tag on him, and I started to panic.  I immediately called Steven asking him if he thought I should go back, he said I should if it would make me feel better.

So I whipped the van around parked on the street and walked towards the cafeteria where I saw Christopher sitting outside looking very alone.  I walked up to him, and I said, “Christopher, who are you suppose to be out here with?”  And there was a group of ladies standing off to the side.  One of them turned around quickly and said, “Oh…he’s with me.”  I told her that I was his mom and was just making sure that he got to where he was suppose to go.  She said that it was kind of loud in the cafeteria and he was covering his ears, and asked if he wanted to step outside.  She introduced herself, and said she is his Inclusion teacher.  She works with the SPED kids that have been placed in the mainstream classes.  So he will be working closely with her.  She seemed very nice, and I’m really glad that I got to meet her.  She did say that when Christopher was asked his name, that he said that it was “Thomas the Train”. LOL But when asked who his teacher was, he knew exactly what her name was.

Later that day, I was speaking with his Occupational therapist, and she asked who his teachers were and when I told her, her eyes lit up, and she kept going on about how wonderful they were, they have many years of experience, and that he was in the right place.  So that was really good to hear and when I picked him up, they said he had a great day.  So, I really feel optimistic about this year.

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