Well, we made it through the day.
First day of school!
It is a big year around here.
Madi going to High School.
Cassi going to middle school.
Elsie in third grade.
And my baby boy is in First grade, all day long!
The big girls were up at 6.
Everyone was happy and excited for the day.
Port woke up not much after them.
And we woke up Elsie just before Madi left so we could have prayer and scriptures.
Sydney picked Madi up.......Madi is very happy about not riding the bus :)
Dad got home in enough time to take Cassi to school, which she was very happy about.
They got to the school, and she couldn't find her schedule anywhere.
Something that would have stressed Madi out big time in 6th grade.
But Cass was chill, like usual.
He went with her to get a new schedule and then she was off.
The little ones could not wait to get to school.
They were all ready by 8, but had to wait an hour before school started!
We kept trying to get Elsie to go potty, but I think all the excitement......well, she couldn't go.
We tried and tried.
I stressed and stressed :(
After all the things I worried about, I didn't think about the potty thing being an issue!
So we took them to school.
We saw Ms. Dynka right away.
She offered to take Elsie to the nurses bathroom before class started.
Elsie was excited about it, so off she went.
Port was such a big boy and so excited to see his friends.
He went right to class, no prob.
Such a cute big 1st grader!
I went back to check and see if Elsie went.....she didn't.
They said they would try later.
She wouldn't have Ms. Dynka until after first recess.
In the meantime she had Mrs. Hollingworth, the computer teacher as her aide.
Now we love her....but she is not an aide :(
I could tell Elsie felt a bit uneasy, but she went.
I decided to roll with it.
Okay, maybe not...I wanted to cry.
But with Brent there, he helped calm me and off we went home.
He went to a dentist appointment while I went running.
After my run, I called the school to see if she went.
She hadn't.
When Dad got home, we watched a movie.
Yes.
We watched a movie :)
We watched 'The Theory of Everything'.
We have really been going non-stop with the floors that we thought we deserved a free day!
So we did.
It was nice :)
Then we got up.....
We moved the fridge in.
It has been out on the deck while doing the floors.
It is nice to get the kitchen back together!
I started making some zucchini bread for the kids after school snack.
But realized I didn't have zucchini!
But Vern came to the rescue :)
(She also rescued me with some brown sugar!)
Madi came home just before 3.
We all sat and talked with her.
It was really nice.
I think we will look forward to that time with just Madi before the other kids get home.
Then I decided to shower.
Well, I got a message from the school then, from the nurse.
Elsie hadn't gone all day and was complaining about it hurting.
She was worried about a UTI.
I said she is hurting because she hasn't gone all day!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, even though school was almost over, I went and got her so she wouldn't be miserable.
I grabbed her and took her home to the potty, then went back and got Porter.
He had a great day and was so excited about all he had done.
He said it was longer than he thought, but it was still okay :)
I got home, and Elsie had gone to the bathroom, and all was good.
I sure hope it goes better tomorrow.
We did some more things around the house, and Cassi came home from XC about 5:30.
That is when we had dinner, then cleanup, homework stuff, some Ninja Warrior, FHE, then bed :)
So it was a good day, for the most part.
I want to know what to do to make things better for Elsie.
I wasn't very happy that she wasn't in the classroom when I picked her up.
She was in the recourse room.
I need to figure out y game plan.
I know they want what is best for her.......I think they do anyway.
Sometimes I can't tell if it is because it is easier to take her out of the classroom, or because she needs to.
But every time she is out of the classroom, she is missing out on instructions, which make her fall more behind, which makes them take her out more........and on and on.....
I want to stop this cycle that seems to get worse with each year!
I know Elsie is smart.
She has physical disabilities, not mental.
She does have some emotional challenges to figure out, but I want her to have the best chance in life that she can to be whatever she wants to be......and not just settle because she was too hard to work with.
The best thing I can think of right now if just being in there as much as possible.
That or homeschooling.....which I don't think is the answer either :(
(Madi's pictures are pretty grainy, because it was still pretty dark when she left!)
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