Wednesday October 15

I had all the boys over after school today.

They put together a little leaf study :)

It was really cute, and kept them busy for quite a long time.

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There were some crazy clouds today.

We got a little rain, but not as much as I thought we would.

But there was crazy wind and knocked down some trees over by the neighbors.

So we'll have to clean that up tomorrow....

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Stacia invited us over for dinner tonight....which I was grateful for.

I had nothing planned, and I was having kind of a 'blah' day.

So it was nice for us to have a nice hearty dinner :)

Otherwise it would probably have been mac and cheese.....

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I didn't go to the YW activity tonight.

It was at Linder Farms, the corn maze.

And I didn't want Elsie and Porter to get to bed too late.....

And with Dad working, I just knew Cassi would have a hard time with the little ones.

Usually she is fine, but that is when I am just down at the church.

I can come home quick if needed.

But the corn maze is further away, and it just wasn't gonna work.

So I got one of the girls moms to go in my stead.......

It was a YW/YM activity.

Sounds like it went well.

We thought it was gonna rain, but it turned out to be good weather.

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So the last couple of days, Elsie has been having some melt downs in class.

Mrs. Janzen and I talk about it, make plans, and communicate what we are doing.... and we both have the same goal.

Well, this morning was a rough one with Elsie.

She was extra tight....and grumpy.

But we got through it and got her to school.

But I sent Mrs. Janzen and email, warning her that maybe she might not be so great today.

A little before lunch, Mrs. Janzen sent me an email.

She said that Elsie was doing so great.

Moving through all the stations that she should be.

Doing her personal reading.

Made me very happy.

And she stayed like that the whole day.

I made sure the praise her and let her know how happy that made me.

And also how happy and proud Mrs. Janzen was.

Her worry is that she just can't do whatever the task is if her aide isn't with her.

We want her to move past that.....so she won't always have to have an aide.

But when Elsie and I talk, I tell her that when she sits and cries, no one knows what to do for her.

They don't know why she is crying, and how they can help make it better.

So I told her that if she feels like she is gonna cry, she needs to just take a deep breathe and tell herself  "I can do this!"

I tell her that Mrs, Janzen is there to help her if she has questions, or is doesn't know what to do.

I think it will still take a while, but today was such a great day.

She is doing so good.