School's In

I knew I would be writing about the first day of school.  I just didn't know I would be doing it before the kids even got home to tell me how it went.  All I know is somehow it all came together without any tears, and that goes for me also.  I know most of you know that this year we are experiencing a lot of firsts and being the mom that I am I totally over analyze every aspect of things till I just can't think about it anymore and I need to move on to the next new challenge in our life.  This year we didn't get our school supply lists until we enrolled and for E I didn't get them until two days before he started so we felt a little out of sorts yesterday.  Usually we have everything figured out all the way down to what we are eating for breakfast, but yesterday we were still trying to find red pens and a backpack along with that perfect outfit that my girl would feel comfortable in yet cute.  She is all about comfort and just in the last couple of years cute has become a major factor.  We did manage to succeed at locating everything we needed at least for the first day.  Denis was amazingly calm with our lack of organization this year.  He is a lot like my girl when it comes to having everything figured out and I have to say I like it also when it comes to getting ready for school.  My girl told me she was nervous because she still didn't know what she was supposed to be doing.  Me I told her I totally understand, but we will get it all figured out before you go to bed and that we did.  The last thing I asked her before she went to sleep was what do you want for breakfast and lunch and tada we are done. 

My boy requires a little different kind of preparing.  He needs to be able to see where he is going and meet the people that are going to be helping him learn and grow for the new school year before the actual event takes place in order for first day to even come close to being a success.  We went yesterday to see the room and meet all the players and I have to say I felt much better after doing this and E seemed to like everything OK.  He even gave a couple of the teachers hugs.  Always a good sign.  Our school district has really done some amazing things in helping E getting ready for his new school.  They created a motor/classroom for him and bought a nice swing for the room.  His previous school and teacher is providing his current teacher with whatever she needs and they sent over some sensory equipment for E.  I know that E will not be the only one to benefit from this and I am sure E is not the only reason all this just fell into place for us but we are so grateful for the efforts of the school district.  I have always said it takes a team to keep things going for my boy and I call his doctor the quarterback, because without him keeping him healthy the rest just wouldn't matter.  So we have learned that we do have a huge team when you throw in all the players from the school.  We are glad that we have added new ones and look forward to working with them this year. 

I will post again soon to update you on the kids first day.  I failed to get a picture of E before school so I am hoping that I can manage some kind of picture later.