Back in School!

Yesterday was the 1st day of school and boy what a day it was.  Kevin had a wonderful day and was rather surprised to see his brother there, too.  So far I'm having Kevin ride the bus in the mornings just to give him some independence and then picking him up when I have to pick up his brother.  His younger brother doesn't have a bus, because it's not our home school.  I wanted to have both boys at the same school now that they are both in high school.  Kind of makes sense, but it also makes for a lot of running back and forth.  On most Fridays when I'm at the showroom Kevin's respite worker will drop them off at home to their Grandmother.  Otherwise I'll just have to take off from work to drop them at home to my mother and go back to work.  Traffic at the high school will be too much for my mother to deal with for picking up the boys, so this should work out okay.

This summer Kevin got another surprise. His brother can drive!  Every time his brother gets in the drivers seat Kevin just cracks up laughing.  It doesn't seem to be a nervous laugh, so I think Kevin thinks it's pretty cool having him drive us anywhere.

The last surprise was his respite worker is no longer his teacher. We were very sad about the changes, but the good thing is Kevin already knew is teacher.  She's been one of the teachers at school since he started there and she's also his respite works closest friends.  She knows Kevin and understands he is Gluten and Dairy Free.  She's been very helpful with where I can park (out away from the usual group of parents) to pick up the boys.  Yesterday was funny, because Kevin saw me pull in and he kept saying Mommy, Mommy.  His respite worker was standing out there with them and said to his teacher "You know she's out there don't you?"  His teacher asked which car and walked him over to me.

So, we are looking forward to a new and wonderful year in High School. Oh, don't make me cry thinking about them growing up so fast.  We had a great summer with no real issues other than the medication changes and reduction of medications.  That's a big plus. I don't think we would have been able to pull that one off without being Gluten Free.  As for the Dairy, I want to keep him off it for 6months to 1 year before I reintroduce it to see if it really does make a difference for him.