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From: "star_mama2004"
To: BCautism@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BCautism] Wishing everyone a good first week of school!
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:07:50 -0000

I was just reading everyone's first day of school updates. I hope more people will post about what they kids are doing and how they are doing, because I love to hear all about it.

Stella also started at a new school today, the DK Center. Last year she went to the satellite classroom in Albion (with Heather's daughter), but this year they changed teachers, so they sent Stella to school closer to home, and I'm glad. It'll make it so much easier to take her to OT and ST. Not to mention, they have an OT and Sensory Room at DK! And a pool! For a sensory-seeking child, this is great. I look forward to getting to know her new teacher and the people who are working with her there. (I think we are so lucky to have these ABA classrooms in Calhoun County).

I love her so dearly, but since she's gotten older, her autism has become more obvious. Since the end of summer school, she has spent a lot of time in our backyard rearranging our landscape rocks. Since I can't engage her every minute of the day, she spent far more time doing this than I would've liked. She does so well when there is a group of kids ... it makes it so much easier to engage her. School is right for her, even though she was very young when she started (and still is super young at only 3!).

Despite the fact that I was counting down the days, I still choked back the tears as I put her on the bus this morning and kissed her goodbye!

After she got on the bus, I went for a walk with the baby. I figure I have until the first snow to get some moreof this post-pregnancy pudge off!