Delaney at school and other updates.

Delaney started school a few weeks ago and has really been doing great. We did have some crying last week (I think the honeymoon was over), but she is back to enjoying herself and there were no tears yesterday.

This is the same program that Will was in at Kindering. She goes twice a week for an hour and a half. Laney obviously isn't receiving services so she is considered a "peer model". I'm not sure how much "modeling" she is doing since she rarely talks or interacts with any of the other kids, but oh well. :) One thing that has been fun is that four kids in the class had older siblings in Will's class so now all the "babies" are in school together. It is great reconnecting with the other families.

It has also worked out well for me since William goes to OT every other week while Laney is in school. I was worried I would be making another trip, but we were able to make the schedule work. Pretty convenient. William is working with an OT now rather than a PT to help with balance and coordination issues. They are concentrating on the sensory aspect of Will's balance problems. It seems that he has the strength he needs, but he needs to learn to use his eyes and also learn to block out distractions. Hopefully we'll see some improvement with his new therapist. She really seems great!

Conor is really growing. He is so quick to smile and babbles so much. I could just hold him and talk to him all day! We are still having some crying jags, but they seem to be getting shorter and I'm hoping they will start to disappear. I'm not sure if the reflux meds are working or if he's just growing out of it, but I'm glad to say that things are definitely better.

On to the pictures...

Laney Beth in circle time. She was taking it all in and would NOT look at the camera. The parents join the kids for opening and closing circle. Laney cries if I'm late or even the last one in the room at closing circle. I'm trying to get better about getting in there fast! :)

Look how big I'm getting!

Big grins!

Delaney needed to show Conor how to do it. She doesn't like to be left out of anything.

The kids are doing well and settling in to school. Ian's teacher said they would start bringing homework home in October. We'll see how that goes. He is really working on learning to read and I think he'll get there soon. He doesn't like that anyone in his class can do anything that he can't, so I think the peer pressure is going to be a good motivator. Ian is also starting chess club tomorrow. I'm excited to see what he thinks about it.

That's all our news. Hard to believe its almost October but this time of year always seems to fly by. Probably because I'm always rushing to get something done. I think I'm always a step behind until February. Just when I settle into the routine its summer time! :) Oh well...life with little ones I guess.