School Daze and other ramblings...

I picked Jamie up on his first day of school. No I know why my mother is so crazy. Getting information out of kids is like pulling teeth. This is how our conversation went:
Me: "So, how was your first day back at school?"
Him: "Fine."
Me: "Do you like your new teacher?"
Him: "Yes."
Me (thinking, okay ask open ended questions here): "What did you do today?"
Him: "Nothing."
Me: "What did you do a recess?"
Him: "Played."

... you get the point... LOL! Tom picked him up yesterday and came home laughing because Jamie came loping out of the school looking exhausted! It takes a while for him to get on a routine, but once you get him on one, don't stray from it!

He still remembers the school lunches (he only likes the burgers and pizza - I don't blame him, the food doesn't look that great) so every night we go over if he's buying or taking lunch. He says he'll buy lunch on Friday when they have pizza. I got the ultimate compliment though! Tom made his lunch (well, if you call throwing a lunchable in his backpack making his lunch) on Monday. I made his lunch on Tuesday and he said mine was better (okay, I totally cheated and I cut his sandwich with a star cookie cutter and gave him mandarin oranges and a little piece of cheese, plus other goodies). Heh. I cut the letter J out of a slice of cheese and put on top of his sandwich today. Yeah, I'm a dork, but Jamie likes stuff like that.

We are still working on getting Cassie some speech help. I did find someone at the school that is helping walk me through it. I guess the problem is that they don't really identify that the F and S sound (Cassie's two biggest problems) are actual problems until 2nd grade. Which really surprises me. BUT since this does affect the ability for others to understand her and really adds to her frustration level (oh man, don't get me started on her frustration levels!), she might qualify for speech help. We had her in private therapy, but our insurance only covers so much (ha, we with the deductible, they didn't really cover ANY of it) and $100 per week hurts! So we did the first 12 weeks and we saw a little improvement, but for various other reasons we decided to pull her out of that particular program, it just wasn't the right fit for us overall anyway.

So, until we figure out what the deal is with that (I've left the final decision up to Tom as to if we have her evaluated with the district and pursue it or not), she's home with us. I want to at least get her in a part time Mother's Day Out program or part time preschool or something. I think she would benefit from that overall as well. We'll see what happens over the next month or so before really looking. If nothing else, we'll start her at a daycare/preschool after the first of the year.

So, she's home with us for now. She's doing well. I'm glad she can play by herself some too. I'm lucky that both of my kids do okay with that.

She plays with the dog a lot (Julie, as we all know, likes to get her belly rubbed)


We make her clean (laugh) No really, she LOVES to use the hard floor vaccumn cleaner. See little miss sassy's stance here? She wanted me to take a picture of her in her boots so that granny can see her new boots (see, granny?)


... and a close up. Why, yes... that's a Hello Kitty charm. LOL