Are you ready for some football...and school!

Those are pictures of us at Saf's new school. It's so awesome! It looks like a park, and it even has an aviary. There's pigeons, a cockatoo, and some finches! How cool is that?

Saf had her first speech and occupational therapy sessions there this week. It was really exciting, but also really new. With all things new, comes excitement tempered by anxiety and struggle. So, while Saf loves her new digs, she's been super disregulated since we went on Wednesday. We had a long break with no programming so its rough getting back into the swing of things, not to mention the change of locale. The result has been lots of screaming and crying and just overall spilling over of emotions and energy. So, the past several naps and bedtimes have been filled with hours of screaming. As I sit here and type, Saf is screaming at the top of her lungs. She very well may continue to do so until mom and dad go to bed at 11PM. Luckily, I sleep right through it. But it makes us all real sad. Contributing to the chaos is that she is preoccupied with a few items that she would like to play with in bed. That's fine, she can take stuff into to bed to read or play with. The only problem is, she's been asking for the same thing for 2 weeks and mom and dad don't know what it is. She only uses two words to describe it and that's just not enough info. Some nights she'll get distracted and ask for something else...something else described by a few cryptic words that leave mom and dad baffled. Sadly, she can't move on from it and its a viscious cycle..day after day.

Mom and dad figured out the logistics and Saf will have her first day of real-deal, big girl school on the 24th. I think she'll love it...and I'm secretly jealous. Mom and I get to go with her for awhile, so that'll be cool.

This week my programming starts back up, so there's even more changes to come. Saf also starts her ABA consult service. At this point, with Saf going to preschool on Tuesdays, our whole week is booked. I'm not sure how having something everyday is gonna work out. It may be a bit much. We've always had one free day in the week to just take a breather. You know, sometimes the best therapy is a good day at the park and some french fries. I'm just sayin'.......

So, looks like this week is going to be interesting. Make sure to check back next week to see how it all went down!

Peace
Nixi