Back to School
Thursday, September 4, 2008 by Amy
Another old post. I'll just add pictures and let it go...
Riley's been enjoying school so far. She is doing a lot more academic work already this year. She is doing really well with the full days. Today is her second full day, so we'll see how she is when she comes home. She does say that she doesn't want to go to school but that she likes school. It's just the going that she doesn't like. Which really isn't surprising considering Riley's transition problems. I did forget to give her her medication before school today, so we'll see how that turns out. Hopefully nothing too catastrophic.
We've been getting to school on-time this year (I know, quite an accomplishment three days into the school year!) which is something that we never managed to do last year with Riley's anxiety issues. Sometimes we clash on what is appropriate breakfast food, but the panic involved with getting ready is gone. She still brings a few things in the car, but no biggie. Nothing that I can't handle. She also has to get over the fact that she cannot go play outside before school. On full days, she gets plenty of time to play outside at school. Drop-ff is 8:30 at the earliest, and school starts at 9. Around 11 they get 1/2 hour to play before lunch. Then school is out at 3, with 3:30 being the latest pick-up time. She's always so excited to tell me how many times she got to play outside, and whether or not she took a nap on the stretcher. She also likes making lunch decisions. Ah, she's getting so big!
Riley's been enjoying school so far. She is doing a lot more academic work already this year. She is doing really well with the full days. Today is her second full day, so we'll see how she is when she comes home. She does say that she doesn't want to go to school but that she likes school. It's just the going that she doesn't like. Which really isn't surprising considering Riley's transition problems. I did forget to give her her medication before school today, so we'll see how that turns out. Hopefully nothing too catastrophic.
We've been getting to school on-time this year (I know, quite an accomplishment three days into the school year!) which is something that we never managed to do last year with Riley's anxiety issues. Sometimes we clash on what is appropriate breakfast food, but the panic involved with getting ready is gone. She still brings a few things in the car, but no biggie. Nothing that I can't handle. She also has to get over the fact that she cannot go play outside before school. On full days, she gets plenty of time to play outside at school. Drop-ff is 8:30 at the earliest, and school starts at 9. Around 11 they get 1/2 hour to play before lunch. Then school is out at 3, with 3:30 being the latest pick-up time. She's always so excited to tell me how many times she got to play outside, and whether or not she took a nap on the stretcher. She also likes making lunch decisions. Ah, she's getting so big!
