First Day of School

Well, the first day of school has come and gone,... two days ago. This summer has absolutely flown by, especially the last half of it. What's even better, we are still in the same place a year later. Vanessa gets to attend the same school, with many of her friends from last year, and new ones she has made over the summer. She was actually excited to start. In fact her words were, "I am bored with summer." She is starting the second grade.

Evan on the other hand is starting a new year at a new school. The class he was in last year was not quite the right fit for him, so we are starting him in a different class in a different school, but in the same school district. I hope things will be better. Unfortunately it just doesn't seem like the school district really has a place for him that would be ideal. The upside is that Evan just started an all inclusive autism therapy program that I take him to once a week (I wish I could do more, but it's just so dang expensive as all his therapy treatments are.) This program is supposed to help me with Evan at school, home, and in the community. So far, I have been very impressed with them, and the progress he is already making. I am confident things will be very different with Evan in a year from now (in a good way). So anyway,... here is Evan bright and early before his bus picked him up at 7 am! It was cold and windy, but at least he had a smile on his face.
Because he left so early, I didn't get a picture of Evan and Vanessa together. Oh well,...

So, I look forward to another crazy and busy school year. It should be lots of fun, and hopefully I will get to see a lot of progress with both kids.

Oh, and our trip to Ohio was great. We really did have a lot of fun. I will post a slide show of pictures soon.