Another First Day of School!

Well, last week was the start of school for Ben and Reagan. This was the first week of school for Tommy, Grace and Mommy!! On Tuesday, Mommy had a good day. The kids in her class are so sweet. However...Gracelynn had a record three meltdowns (ugh)... and Tommy bit his teacher (on the behind, mind you! double ugh). So, although Mommy was a happy girl at 1:30pm, the other two didn't have the brightest of days.

Fortunately I waited two days to write this entry. As it turns out, day two at preschool proved to be great for Gracelynn! She used the potty (and asked to go), played with the other kids, and had NO TEARS for four whole hours!!! She did wonderfully, even finishing off the preschool day with a full-fledged, zonked-out nap. :-) Poor thing. She's so used to napping around noon-time, that by the time nap-time at school rolls around at 1:00, she's out like a light.

Tommy also had a good day at school yesterday (he goes 3 days/week) and today. YAY! I think the little bugger wears out his teachers, but at least there were no incidents and he "stayed on green" the entire week. Today his teacher made a silly comment regarding a Mountain Dew can (that we saw in the fire extinguisher box)... laughing at it, asking if I wanted to give it to Tommy. That sealed the deal... I know now that he is exactly what I expected. Full of energy in class.

Ben and Reagan were absolutely not ADD. Although at Tommy's age, Ben was full of energy and loved to talk (and still does), he can focus on any activity and do his best when he knows it's necessary. Reagan is a little social butterfly and loves her friends, but when it comes to schoolwork, she always aims to please and does her best. She's our little scholar. Tommy however... whew, Tommy... who knows. He's a wild child. He's not usually outwardly violent (although since Grace came home, he's shown a little more anger than before), but he cannot always focus on a task. He's much more interested in playing with toys, or talking about what he did at home, or seeing what others are doing than to concentrate on his work. This week, Mommy became a drill sergeant at home. We are doing "homework time" with all four kids for an hour each day. The older two do their homework and read while the younger two work on their handwriting and coloring skills. I expected disaster when I first did it with T&G. They shocked me. Gracelynn loves to please, so she was great. Tommy even wanted to work, when he realized I was serious and loved seeing his nice handwriting. So... we'll see. Maybe he'll just be that pain-in-the-butt active child in class and not truly ADD? I guess I'll wait to see what the teachers have to say.... perhaps being in the school all the time will open my eyes to what Tommy is really like in school. :-)

Tonight is the drop-off for the consignment sale I do. So, time to go clean the car and remove the seats. I have quite a load to haul over there!