back to school again....

After two and a half months, lots of paperwork and testing and many meetings with the school district, Charlie is finally starting preschool here in Utah. Before we moved we had Charlie evaluated to start attending the public preschool in Idaho due to his delay with his fine and gross motor skills. He loved that program and his teacher. It was the first time that he was begging to go. He really did not like the spanish immersion school he was attending previously so it was so great to see him so excited. He only got to attend Hunter Elementary for a week before we had to move. They said they would transfer over all his paperwork and it should be no problem getting him set up over here in Utah. Um, yeah right. Turns out we moved into a brand new school district and let's just say they are having a hard time getting things figured out. He finally got approved to start attending on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. He was tested by the school OT and she didn't think he needed any separate OT time(I have a lot to say about this OT, but I won't go on that tangent now), but they did establish some goals and they will be watching him closely to see how he does.

He was supposed to start last Tuesday but he had that nasty cold so he started on Thursday instead. Charlie was so excited that he got to go back to school and especially that he was going to get to ride the bus! He got ready that morning in record time and the anticipation of that yellow bus pulling up was just too much to handle. As the bus pulled up, he bolted for the door and didn't look back. I yelled goodbye to him and heard his sweet little voice yell goodbye back. I was so relieved that he was not scared. I was not quite as easy, just ask my parents. I am sure they still have nightmares about it.



And this guy? He was definitely wondering why we were standing outside in the cold staring out into the parking lot. He was even more confused when we had to go back inside without his big bro. He had a pretty big smile on his face when we saw that big yellow bus pull up a second time and he saw his favorite face again.