Sams Blog

Well, Sam turned 3 on Weds, Feb 4. What a big event! It is so exciting. It means that she is done with Early Intervention and she goes to school now. She started school on Thurs. Feb. 5. It is going ot be great.

So for her bday, I had my first day of classes. Woo hoo! It was kind of a bummer to not get to be with her on the day, but alas, such is life. I got to see her by 4 pm and we had some fun anyway. She got to do anything she wanted all day with her grampy. I think she liked that!

As for school, I think she will love it. On Monday the whole family went to school for the a.m. and she did great. She had a lot of fun, and laughed and smiled a lot. She was soooo tired at the end of the 3 hours, though, believe me!! She had a great nap! On Thurs, Fraser stayed the whole time, but didn't interact with her. I could only stay for 45 minutes, since I had a faculty meeting. She had a good morning and had some fun. She didn't fuss and she even ate well for her aid. That is saying something. They have lots of good equipment for her so she can be in different positions throughout the day. The PT there is just amazing.

After school, another long nap. Then mom was worried about her going to bed at a decent hour, so she did 20 minutes in her walker. She initiated walking. It was great.

Friday--no school. She has school Mon-Weds from 8:30-11:15. There is an afternoon option but her stamina is not there yet. Hopefully in the fall. She had her new babysitter Nina come today for a few hours, and she really likes her. We all like her!

Tomorrow is her bday party. Should be a mad house, but we will get through! She deserves it. She is having a hard time going to bed tonight. She hated her bath and is fighting with Fraser as we speak as he tries to get her to go to bed. Her temper is definitely different. She has OPINIONS. That is good, but hard sometimes. Oh well...it is normal.

So we are moving along. We are happy to have her start school, and although it is somewhat hard at times, she will thrive there. We take turns having some hard times with how hard things are for her. She has the best attitude and is so happy, so we should just be grateful for that, but it is heartbreaking to watch her struggle so much. But she will get there, we know that for sure.

OK, well, I need to relieve Fraser. Hopefully she will get to sleep sometime soon!! We have LOTS to do to get ready for tomororw

Night night.