first day of school

we're a little late for our first day of school.

it's taken us a month and a half to undo the mess that lansing left us with tennyson's iep.

we were lucky to have a wonderful speech therapist in our corner who helped us push for a classroom placement.

but it required a lot of evaluations and paperwork.

and here were are in the middle of october,

and everything was finally finalized yesterday,

and today we got to start school.

he's in an afternoon special ed classroom.

we're hoping the afternoons go smoother than the mornings.

we learned last year that tennyson isn't a morning kid.

and i'm hoping getting him ready for school by noon involves a lot less kicking and screaming than when we were trying to get him ready by eight.

the first thing he found when we got to school today was his very own cubby with his name on it.

he happily unloaded the contents of his backpack and then headed into the room.

i was nervous that he wouldn't want to go without me because he's tennyson and because sometimes new places and faces are hard for him.

but he walked inside and bee-lined for some toys.

and just like that i slipped out the door and drop off was done.

it's nice to be pleasantly surprised sometimes.

i'm so proud of my preschooler. 

and i'm excited to see what the year holds for him.

i'm hoping it's a whole lot of progress and heap loads of fun.