Bless their hearts

They tried.  And they tried to rationalize, deflect, etc etc.  We called them out.  We had our point taken.  Turns out chatting with the assistant director of special education for AISD at a parent support meeting the night before you have a meeting scheduled can result in, well, results.  We will see what happens in 3 weeks.  It was very emotionally taxing.  That's all I'm going to say on the interwebs.

After the long long meeting Brian and I were both spent.  Brian was planning on working from home, but ended up just trying to regroup.  ABA got cancelled, which was sort of a relief.  Logan and Brian hung out while I took Isabel to the pool. 

Everyone was starving when I got home and I realized that we had no food in the fridge.  Oops.  So we made due with a smorgasbord of stuff.  Not too bad and everyone (at least the kids) was full.

We have no plans this weekend.  Amen!  Even Isabel's soccer game was rescheduled from Saturday to tomorrow night.  Is it wrong that I just want to head to Houston and get spoiled by my parents?  Probably.  It has been a long few weeks and it looks like it will be a long road ahead.

At least we have our AMAZING Halloween village to gaze at!  My dad did a fantastic job and I really can't thank him enough.  All of my brain power was taken up with Logan's stuff so I called him one day literally to ask about how to plug things in to an outlet.  No joke.  Anyway, it turned out absolutely amazing.

First Day of School

Today we had our first day of Pre K for Isabel and first day of preschool in the 3s class for Logan.  Drop off went better than expected.  Isabel did great.  Logan was a little confused and wanted to go back to his old room.  Since we missed almost 3 weeks of school I was a little worried about how they would fit in with new friends, etc.  Isabel's BFF isn't in her class, but I think she is already finding new friends and catching up with the other ones from her old class. 

Isabel wants to be 'a princess (Cinderella)' when she grows up.

Logan wants to 'play. Buzz lightyear' when he grows up.  Last year Logan wanted to be a dinosaur and I'll have to check to see what Izzy said. 

Logan's teacher made an odd comment.  She said his day was 'interesting' and then said something about the way he plays with toys or something.  She looks like she was about to pass out/cry/take a nap, so I didn't ask her what she meant.  His teacher is Izzy's old teacher so I know her.  I was a little confused about what she said.  At the end of our conversation she said 'overall I think it was a great first day.'  So strange.

I took Isabel in for a follow up after our ER stint after her fainting spell while on vacation.  The doctor wants us to see the cardiologist just to make sure everything is ok.  So we have that appointment next week.  We also have Logan's school evaluation for the PPCD program next week too.

I'm hoping to blog about our vacation at some point, but it might not happen.  Right now I'm tired.

First Day of School and Labor Day

ARRRRGGGGG!!!!! I have written this post two freaking times and both times it was deleted. The first time it was my own stupid fault, but the last time it just disappeared. I'll do an abbreviated version one.more.time.

I just realized after I finally got this post published that the pictures are all out of order, unlabeled and generally screwed up. I'll try to remember to fix it later.

Logan and Isabel both had their first week of preschool last week. Long story short, Isabel did fantastic and so did Logan. Logan just went for 2 hours the first day and then the full 4.5 hours on Thursday. No accidents!!!!

Today Logan had a tough day. He cried a lot at drop off and Ms. Frankie, his teacher, said he was pretty unhappy today and had an especially tough time with transitions. He didn't have any accidents though, so gold star for him. When he got home he was super grumpy and wouldn't let me leave his sight. I had to go to the bathroom holding him. Fun! No really FUN! When Brian got home he freaked out and started hysterically crying when Brian tried to take him upstairs to play so that I could finish dinner. Awesome!

Izzy is sick. She has another fever and is generally just not feeling good. :-( Poor thing. She had a pretty good day, but I could definitely tell when her tylenol started to wear off and her fever came back. Poor thing. I really hope she's better tomorrow. We did have a fun day today hanging out just the two of us for the first time since Logan was born. I think she got a kick out of our time together and was really trying to make the most of it even though she was feeling crappy. I learned all about her Spanish songs and her friends at school and how she really misses her friends that aren't in her class anymore. Too cute.

Labor Day we headed over to Houston to hit the beach. Isabel and Logan both loved it. Logan REALLY loved the water. We did some shopping (thanks Grandma and Grandpa) and tried on Isabel's Halloween costume. She is the cutest Glinda the Good Witch ever! Grandma really really outdid herself this year. It is amazing. Really. I want one.

Open House and Advanced Aquatot

We had Isabel and Logan's open house yesterday. Despite being right in the middle of nap time it went ok. Isabel played for a couple of minutes in her new room. It's a lot bigger than her 2 year old room and connects to the other 3 year old classroom via a hallway and bathrooms. I didn't get the best picture of her room, but here is one with her and Logan playing.

Logan spent some time in his class too. He did ok. He had the most pathetic cry when the assistant teacher tried to talk to him. It reminded me of what Fargo does when you put clothes on him. He just froze and then the years started. Luckily they didn't last long, but returned when his teacher said 'no' about something. Sensitive would be an understatement. He did use the potty while we were there, so that was good.

Today Isabel had her final swim lesson of the semester (she starts next session next week). She did great and swam around 20 feet!!! After her nap she told me she had a dream that she raced Princess Ariel in the pool. :)