Yesterday, I had a meeting with the SPED director about Allie’s IEP. It was determined at age 3 that she was developmentally delayed. So she has spent the last 2 years in preschool under an IEP, although now you would think that it’s not even necessary. Her speech is fine, and she is progressing normally. Anyway, after we finished everything and signed the necessary paperwork, the director said she has a bombshell for me. I’m like…..Okay.  She said that the class Allie is in, is very full, and they are asking me if it is ok to move her to the class next door, because they have plenty of room, and she thinks Allie would be the best candidate and would handle the transition well.  I said that was fine, but made sure that it had nothing to do with anything Allie had done.  And they said, no absolutely not.  I told them that I didn’t have a problem, and they said that they would do it that morning.

Well, after I picked Allie up yesterday, she came out with all smiles, and I asked her how her day went and did she like her new class and teacher, and she answered me with a very enthusiastic “Yes!” I asked her if she made any new friends, and she said she met a girl named Summer (actually a daughter of a friend of mine, and I was hoping they would meet).  I asked if she met any boys, and she said “NO!  I don’t like boys!  I like girls!”  And her daddy says, “Good, let’s keep it that way!”

Today I pick her up and she says, “Mama, he drew me a Spiderman!”  I said, “Who did?” and she said, “That boy.”  And I said, “What was his name?” and she said, “Nobody…” LOL  So then I start driving down the road, and I said, “So you didn’t play with Summer today?” and she said, “No….I played with a boy.”    I said, “I thought you didn’t like boys.” and she said, “I like boys…” hehe

Needless to say, Daddy’s not gonna like this story when he gets home tonight from work….

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My goodness!  It has been wayyy too long since I’ve updated.  We finally moved!  Yippee! Since I last posted, we were planning to move in March, but we had another set back and ultimately decided to wait until the end of the school year.  And we are really glad we did that now.  We’ve been here for about 3 weeks, and we are loving it!  My MIL lives only about 2 miles from us, and has already been a tremendous help to us. The school district is awesome here, and I’ve already got Christopher and Allie registered for school.  This school is grades K – 5, so it’s nice knowing that they will be there for a while, and so that means in the mornings we will have only one school to go to.  This past year, they were at 2 different schools on differents sides of town. From what I understand, they’ve got a great special ed program, they are completely aware of Christopher’s special needs and have copies of his IEP.  I hope to have a meeting with the Special Education teacher right before school starts.

So….look like everything seems to be falling into place.  We still haven’t sold our house yet.  We still have some cleaning to do before we put it on the market, and plan to do that next week.

Well…just wanted post a quick update!  Hope to keep this blog updated more often!

Hope everyone had an awesome holiday and Happy New Year!  We had a wonderful Christmas.  Let’s just say, Santa was very good to us this year!  We really enjoyed spending time with our family and this year was the first in a while, that we were all well during the holidays.  The past couple years, we were either dealing with a nasty stomach bug or runny noses and sore throats.  So having healthy kids this season, was a nice change.

The kids finally went back to school yesterday.  Surprisingly, they were actually ready to go back.  Christopher received some Thomas and Friends reading books, and he just couldn’t wait to show his teacher!

Steven is still commuting, so we haven’t moved yet.  We wanted to enjoy the holidays, so we decided to put it on hold.  He doesn’t mind driving right now, and the cheaper gas prices have helped tremendously.  We are still planning to move though.  We are just going to take our time.  We are looking for a house in a specific area, so we can get our kids in the school zoned to that area.  Also, fortuantely, we already have a buyer for our house, and they aren’t in any rush, since they either plan to rent it out or fix it up and resell it.  So we have plenty of time, and we don’t have to stress over it, which is nice.

I finished 2 books over the holidays.  Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr and The Host by Stephenie Meyer.  Both great reads, and although Ink Exchange wasn’t as good as Wicked Lovely, it held my interest.  The Host was a pleasant surprise.  I would have liked to have had more dialogue, a little too much description for my taste, but still an awesome concept, and anyone into Sci-Fi novels, should definitely check it out!  Right now, I’m reading This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen.  I’m enjoying it, but I’m missing the fantasy genre.

Next up will be, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray.  I’ve heard excellent reviews of the book, and I can’t wait to get started on it.  Part of me, wants to just stop reading my current book, and start that one, but I hate to start something and not finish it, so I’m going to try to get through it.  I’m almost halfway done.

Ok…that’s about it for now, I promise to blog more.  That’s one of my New Year’s Resolutions.  Hopefully, I can stick with it.  Wish me luck!!

Well…Christopher’s teacher called this morning and asked if we could postpone the meeting until next Thursday.  I told her I didn’t have a problem with it.  I was having a bad morning anyway, and was going to have to take the twins with me, because Steven didn’t get in from work until 5AM this morning.  He was in no shape to watch them.  So in a way, I was kind of relieved it had been postponed, but a little disappointed too, because I was looking forward to getting something worked out for Christopher.

And still, there is this possibility of us moving, and wondering if it is something we should put him through right now.  Even after our visit to BR last week, we are still feeling disenchanted with the place.  The day started out great.  We stopped at the zoo first thing and the kids really enjoyed it.  From there, I phoned the woman that I was supposed to be meeting to see the house.  She had told me in an email to call her after 12pm.  So that’s exactly what I was doing.  When I asked her when we could see the house, she said, “How about Saturday?”  And I’m just sitting there, speechless, then I say, “Well, we were here today, is there anyway possible we could see it today?”  And she say, “Oh no, I’m in New Orleans.”  I felt like saying, “Well…it would have been nice of you to inform me of that in the emails.”  So I told her that we would meet her on Saturday, and we would ride by the house today.  Well, as soon as we got to the neighborhood, we realized that it was not the neighborhood for us, so that was a bust.

And then at that point, the kids were tired, and we were ready to get to the hotel.  So we found the hotel, and they tried to give us some crap about how we had to use our credit card to pay for the room. I had used it to reserve the room, but didn’t have the full amount available on it because I planned to use cash when we got there, but they wouldn’t have it.  So we ended up finding another place that was just as nice, and $20 cheaper, so it all worked out.

So, once again, we didn’t have that great of an experience in BR. We are just having a hard time with this decision.  It’s very confusing times, and very stressful.  Causing major drama, because Steven and I can’t seem to agree on what’s best.  I’m just hoping that something will happen, a sign or something, that will solidify things one way or the other.  I’m just ready to make a decision and stick with it.  That what’s my mama would always say to me, when I was having a dilemma.  Once you make a decision, stick with it and you will feel so much better.  Boy I sure could use her advice right now.

I hate that this is the first I’ve posted about this.  We’ve just had so much other stuff going on.  Christopher’s inclusion teacher spoke with me after school today about getting together on Friday with her, his teacher and the Director of Special Education.  Christopher has had some behavioral problems ever since the beginning of the school year.  We had this problem last year too, but things eventually got better.  He has trouble staying seated, and sometimes he just absolutely refuses doing any school work.  And today was one of those days.

So we will meet and hopefully the director will have some input as to where we will go from here.  We will be developing a behavioral plan.  The director is new this year, so I look forward to meeting her.  I’ve spoken with her on the phone, and she seemed very encouraged about him.  They rave over how smart he is, but this behavior issue is hindering him, and needs to get under control before he goes any further in school.  An I completely agree and look forward to getting together with them.

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This is something that I’ve talked about in the past.  But looks like this time, it might really happen.  Steven and I are concerned about the schools here in our hometown, always have been.  Right now, the school the kids are going to are “ok”, but their future in the public school system isn’t looking that great.  Let’s just say, that when you go to GreatSchools.net, our school system ranks 2 out 10.  Yep…that’s how bad it is.

So, the other day Steven had a job interview with a casino in Baton Rouge, LA, doing the same thing he does now, and it went VERY well.  There is a little town just outside of Baton Rouge that we are looking at to live in.  It’s school district is supposed to rank #1 in the state, and has an excellent Special Education program and preschool program too.  I also have a friend that lives there, so we are pretty excited.

Nothing is set in stone, but I have been busy looking for housing and I’m calling the schools today.  So…we will see what happens.

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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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