Missing
So things have been falling perfectly into place with my in-home preschool/childcare. My slots are filled, the parents are nice and all the kids get along wonderfully.
My oldest started kindergarten last week. I cannot get over how quickly this time has come. I still remeber when she was a tiny baby and now she is almost to big for me to carry up to bed. She even lost her first tooth last Thursday and already has 2 more that are loose. But she likes her teacher and is already making friends. She came home raving about her new friends and how her favorite thing about school was playing in the play kitchen. She told me about how her new friend had glasses, wore a pink shirt too, had the same type Hello-Kitty lunch box but with a different color bow and was allergic to apple juice; but she couldn't remember her name- haha- the things kids remember!
My son also started back to his preschool last week too. Just in time to update his IEP at the beginning of September. He has had his therapy increased at home but we are needing to update his goals both at home and in school. He needs more OT with his biggest issues being sensory. His OT is writing his progress report and we are going to apply for more hours and I want to see if he can get individualized time at school too.
My son had a hard time the first week with going back to school after realizing that he would not have the same teacher as last year (she put in her notice after announcing she was having a baby). He likes his new teacher now but last week he wasn't sure about her- I think he just had to get used to someone new. But he was telling me about some of the new friends he has made. That is huge- I really want him to find a friend, not just someone he plays with when he is at school because they are there, but an actual friend.
Right now my husband is out of town and I miss him so much. Its been a couple of years since he last went on one of these trips for work, but things are so much different than they were then. My mother-in-law used to watch the kids for us when we were at work and I would drop them off on my way to the office and pick them up on my way home, sometimes staying and having dinner with my in-laws, and I would have a friend come up and stay with me. Now I have 3 kids, not 2 and I am a stay at home working mom. I now have a baby to tend to, a daughter to see to and from school, a son to juggle his therapies and schooling as well as running my own in-home preschool that has childcare hours (making for 11-12 hour days) as well as keeping up with the pets and house, which is much more than the rentals we used to live in, all on my own. So far keeping up with things has been okay, but I also had a weekend free of others people's kids at my house, to get caught up on chores. I am hoping that I can keep up with it all throughout this week though.... Not only do I miss my hubby's help, but I miss even his snoring. I know I have my nights where I end up pushing him to roll over or I give him a little elbow to get him to stop so I can try to fall asleep, but without him laying next to me when i fall asleep, I find myself trying to drown out the silence with the TV and me sleeping on his side of the bed so I can smell him and I wrap the pillows around myself and pretend that he is cuddling with me, just so I can fall asleep... I just can't wait until he gets home. i feel bad though- in the past, I have always made it a point to meet him at the gate with the kids whenever he got back and this will be the first time we won't be able to do it. His flight arrives too early in the day for me to be able to get to the airport so his mom is going to pick him up this time. I sorta feel like I failed him by not being able to meet him. He didn't seem too bothered by it (he didn't seem to care really). But I know he does miss us, you can hear it in his voice when he calls each day and talks to me and the kids. Get home soon!
My oldest started kindergarten last week. I cannot get over how quickly this time has come. I still remeber when she was a tiny baby and now she is almost to big for me to carry up to bed. She even lost her first tooth last Thursday and already has 2 more that are loose. But she likes her teacher and is already making friends. She came home raving about her new friends and how her favorite thing about school was playing in the play kitchen. She told me about how her new friend had glasses, wore a pink shirt too, had the same type Hello-Kitty lunch box but with a different color bow and was allergic to apple juice; but she couldn't remember her name- haha- the things kids remember!
My son also started back to his preschool last week too. Just in time to update his IEP at the beginning of September. He has had his therapy increased at home but we are needing to update his goals both at home and in school. He needs more OT with his biggest issues being sensory. His OT is writing his progress report and we are going to apply for more hours and I want to see if he can get individualized time at school too.
My son had a hard time the first week with going back to school after realizing that he would not have the same teacher as last year (she put in her notice after announcing she was having a baby). He likes his new teacher now but last week he wasn't sure about her- I think he just had to get used to someone new. But he was telling me about some of the new friends he has made. That is huge- I really want him to find a friend, not just someone he plays with when he is at school because they are there, but an actual friend.
Right now my husband is out of town and I miss him so much. Its been a couple of years since he last went on one of these trips for work, but things are so much different than they were then. My mother-in-law used to watch the kids for us when we were at work and I would drop them off on my way to the office and pick them up on my way home, sometimes staying and having dinner with my in-laws, and I would have a friend come up and stay with me. Now I have 3 kids, not 2 and I am a stay at home working mom. I now have a baby to tend to, a daughter to see to and from school, a son to juggle his therapies and schooling as well as running my own in-home preschool that has childcare hours (making for 11-12 hour days) as well as keeping up with the pets and house, which is much more than the rentals we used to live in, all on my own. So far keeping up with things has been okay, but I also had a weekend free of others people's kids at my house, to get caught up on chores. I am hoping that I can keep up with it all throughout this week though.... Not only do I miss my hubby's help, but I miss even his snoring. I know I have my nights where I end up pushing him to roll over or I give him a little elbow to get him to stop so I can try to fall asleep, but without him laying next to me when i fall asleep, I find myself trying to drown out the silence with the TV and me sleeping on his side of the bed so I can smell him and I wrap the pillows around myself and pretend that he is cuddling with me, just so I can fall asleep... I just can't wait until he gets home. i feel bad though- in the past, I have always made it a point to meet him at the gate with the kids whenever he got back and this will be the first time we won't be able to do it. His flight arrives too early in the day for me to be able to get to the airport so his mom is going to pick him up this time. I sorta feel like I failed him by not being able to meet him. He didn't seem too bothered by it (he didn't seem to care really). But I know he does miss us, you can hear it in his voice when he calls each day and talks to me and the kids. Get home soon!
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