One of his Kindercare teachers helping him marble paint. |
The last six weeks have been marked by transition. The
biggest transition being that Brent finally found employment in Illinois (yay!)
which means he is no longer a stay at home dad and the kids are back to day care
when they aren’t in school.
When we first bought the house in Bartlett, I looked at
several day cares in the area and again were turned away from two because of Connor’s needs (much like our previous experience). Then I found a Kinder
Care facility that not only was willing to take Connor, but was excited to
welcome him. As luck would have it, when I called almost 18 months after our first visit, they still had room in their Pre-K room and had recently started a School Age program that had space for Clara. It was meant to be! Connor’s teachers are so great. They include him in the activities and go above and beyond every day with feeding, diapering, extra attention and patience. We are so thankful.
Doing a project during the bug unit |
When Brent started back at work, we had to stop our extra
therapies at Easter Seals. While I really want Connor to continue making
progress, we just couldn’t figure out the scheduling to make it work. We’re
hopeful to transition back to at least two of the therapies soon.
Another transition has started – Connor is registered for
Kindergarten! He is being mainstreamed at our neighborhood elementary school.
Clara will be a sixth grader at the same school. So while we are excited for
the kids to be at school together, we’re also worried about a full day program
with 28 other kids in the classroom. We shall see.
Lil buddy and I on my birthday |
We still haven’t ordered his augmentative communication device. We’ve been trialing, testing and thinking about this since the beginning of November. I am SUPER annoyed it’s taking this long. I wanted to have the device ordered by the end of January, now I’m hoping for the end of May.
One final thing for today – I’m hosting a LuLaRoe fundraiser
for the Joubert Syndrome & Related Disorders Foundation Friday, May 12 –
Saturday, May 13.. If you’d like to join us, make a request through this link.
More again soon, but for now prayer requests for health, a
productive end to the school year and that our insurance company approves the
communication device without hassle or delay.