Labor Day Weekend

I can’t believe summer is over just about and I am actually happy about it. Its been a long summer, kids on break since May. ugh I love Autumn but with the changing season comes yet another birthday…I will be 36 Oct. 2nd. Where did the time go? I have also seen some tree’s turning orange already, its been really chilly in the morning lately. I think I better have Ron check the furnace before we really need it.

I had a pretty good week of eating..controlled. I went to our first football game to see our son march and I didn’t get anything from the concession stand. YEA Mel! lol The pics of Matt aren’t the best because my camera isn’t the greatest. lol My kid is holding a trombone ( he is the only one I think-small school) to the left of him is a kid wearing brown shorts…Matt has blue jeans.

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My baby is 14 now…oy!

I had a rough day yesterday and I can’t believe I didn’t turn to food to get through it. We have been doing testing for my son Gabe who we have known had a learning impairment and we thought possibly Aspergers like my son Jesse. We got the feedback from the Neuro Psych we have been working with…the dx is Cognitive Impaired. He also is impaired with his motor skills due to his having Marfans like me. He has trouble writing because he doesn’t have the strength to hold the pencil for long. Its been a struggle to get the resource teacher to listen to me last year but at least now I have back up. The Dr. did her own research and testing on Gabe and she agreed with me 100%. Gabe shut down last year, I nearly pulled him out of school. He didn’t progress and in some ways regressed with skills. I won’t put him through it again. He starts on Tuesday but I am going to request a meeting and we may be moving him to a more inclusive school. The Dr. recommended they scale back when they expect from him. He is in 3rd grade now but cognitively our son is still 5 yrs old. I think we need to move him to a special school so that he doesn’t have that pressure…the teasing stops…and he can have time to catch up hopefully and feel good about himself. The special school’s purpose is to build your child up so they can return back to main stream. The Dr. offered to come to his IEP or come and talk to the school team on her recommendations for free because she is afraid our son is slipping through the cracks. He needs much more support than what I think the school can give right now due to the pressures from the state and the NO CHILD left behind act that has done nothing more than cause more problems for our special needs children. The Dr. also recommended they get more technology for Gabe to use in lieu of using a pencil…again that takes funding and a willing teacher. I am praying that his new resource teacher will be as supportive as she was with our Autistic son.

So yesterday I was feeling devastated, similar to how you feel when you are told your child is Autistic or a miscarriage. I can say that because I have been through both. I am slowly getting back into what my oldest calls “Mommy Mode” lol.I have contacts that I can call on in Special Education, due in part because I am involved in the PAC for Special Ed. I represent our district county wide. I did have a craving to go buy chocolate and cry but I didn’t. Maybe I am turning a corner on the battle of emotional eating.

No plans for our holiday weekend…just Back 2 School shopping (yes I am a procrastinator lol) and we will spend the afternoon by the pool at Geneva either today or tomorrow. I also need to do laundry and figure out what the kids are going to wear the first week.

I need to eat breakfast…have a safe Labor Day Weekend!