School Days

Both of the girls have started the new school year without a hitch. Carli started mid-August and AnLi started after Labor Day. Out of the ten children in Carli's class, only two are new. Same teacher, same two paras, same speech therapist, same occupational therapist, same room. All of that has made her transition back to school very, very easy! She LOVES school! Carli's school, by law, must provide a "meal", so she gets to eat lunch there. I ask every day what the girls' favorite part of the day was, and every day Carli says "I eat." LOL! Since Carli was eating at school and we couldn't very well eat in front of her, AnLi started going to her preschool's Lunch Bunch, where she gets to pack her lunch and eat with her friends every day. The only problem for my little bird eater is she never eats anything. Every day when I pick her up her lunch box is full and she says, "I saved it to eat with you, Mom." Awww...

The biggest transition for both was going in the afternoon. Carli HAD to go in the afternoons, so I moved AnLi to the afternoon class. Both were still taking naps. We worked on no naps for a few weeks before Carli started school, to no avail. The first couple weeks of school, both would come home and just crash on the couch. Now they are getting more accustomed to their new schedules, but bed time is early and easy these days. :)

Carli's first day of school


Since Carli started three weeks before AnLi, that left AnLi home for 2 1/2 hours without her sister. And for 2 1/2 hours all I heard was, "Is it time to get Carli?" "When can we get Carli?" "Let's go get Carli." "I miss Carli." So Brian had some time off and took AnLi to see Nana and Papa for a few days to give everyone a break. It sounds like they had a lot of fun!


AnLi's first day of school outfit of choice.
(No one is looking!)


(Okay, I'm going to try to catch up here!)