nice while it lasted

Wow, that last week of school, and the week or two after were fabulous. The weather was insanely nice, the pool was our best friend, Grant was talking more - great stuff.

But this week...

Summer school started yesterday for Grant. In what could hardly be called a coincidence, he started this new stim where he puts his hands over his eyes and presses just hard enough to form a seal then he pops them off his eyes so that you can hear a little suction. Yesterday, he started doing this incessantly. We told him no, over and over, but unfortunately there was so much going on that we couldn't get a program going to tackle it efficiently. I talked to his paras today in the class and they said they would watch it as well. It wasn't as bad when he came home today, so hopefully it was just a reaction to the sudden change in schedule. We'll see... But he's just had a rough week in general - it seems like he has been talking less (using less words), he's "uncomfortable"... tonight he did NOT want to fall asleep. I can't remember the last time he put up such a fight about going to bed and falling asleep. We are so fortunate that he has, for the most part, been a good sleeper. When I read the stories about kids not sleeping, I honestly don't know how the parents handle it.

Owen has been quite a pill as well the past few weeks. I think he is a bit unnerved by the schedule changes as well. He still had to go to preschool while Cassidy and Grant were out of school. Now, he sees Grant's edginess with his summer school. Owen has just been feisty, crabby, and bossy. He pulled the classic 5 year old maneuver today and cut a chunk of hair off his head today. Gotta love it.

Cassidy is taking after me - during the summer I could just lay around all day and do absolutely nothing. Fortunately, she's had quite a few activities to keep her busy, but we really need to stay on top of that and make sure she doesn't become a sloth. On the bright side, she has officially started working with some kids at Grant's speech therapist's office. The therapists have been very happy with her and think she is an absolute natural. More on that to come over the next few weeks.