First Day of School (sort of)

This week was Sophia's first week of school. We have been waiting and working for 6 months for her to get into school so this was a big week. She has surprised me, and the teachers, with how well she has done. She still needs a lot of individual instruction and guidance but once she gets the routine down I am sure she will need less. We are lucky that her teacher has worked with Autistic kids before and is familiar and understanding with all of her quirks. Ms. W. emailed me later on the first day to tell me how well she was doing and that she had even had a nap! (she hasn't taken a nap in almost 3 years) It's nice to have contact with the teacher if I need to, Sophia doesn't understand what I am asking when I ask her about her day so I don't get a lot of information from her....so it is great to have some communication.

We have her IEP (Individual Education Plan) meeting on Tuesday so that should be another step toward getting her caught up a little bit with reguards to her social skills and coping skills. This has been a long time coming but I am quite glad that she is finally getting some help, and I am very hopeful that one day she will be able to cope and learn new things all on her own.

Our "First Day" picture. This was actually not her first day, it was supposed to be but there was a mix up with the taxi service and they never showed up on Monday morning. Fortunately they got it worked out quickly and she went to school on Tuesday. The picture was just too cute so I am still going to consider it as her "First Day" photo!

This is another one and you can see the new mittens that Momma made for her 2 days before she had to be to school. They turned out okay it was a quick project since she needed mittens rather than gloves for school. Once she gets better at putting on gloves by herself she may not need the mittens but I wanted one less thing for her (and me!) to worry about on her first day!

I will be posting more along the line of projects I think now that I only have to keep track of one kid during the day now. I hardly know what to do with myself!