My Youngest....

I went on a field trip with ALL the first graders yesterday. Oh My! I rode the bus, played on the playground, went on a hike, and ate watermelon. I got to sing "Sponge Bob" and "Everywhere we go". I also found out a few things about my youngest:

1. It was VERY important to him that I go on this field trip.
2. He has more anxiety than S does - esp about being late.
3. He has been moved (desk wise) back to the general population.
4. His teacher next year will be the one he had hoped for and the reason????

5 - He is VERY good with the special needs boy in his class - so much so that the
school feels it's important for the two of them to move up together!!!!!!!

Can I just tell you how much I had to hold the HUGE lump in my throat. See, I didn't expect that. No, I knew he wouldn't be *mean* to the boy - but to be that big a part of the child's life is HUGE to me. He gets so much of that at home I just never expected him to *seek it out* . He's become S's Quinn. It still brings tears to my eyes. I've just never been as proud of him as I was yesterday when I heard that. Challenge can bite me - I'll take someone who is good to those that society sees as "less than".

He fell asleep on the bus ride home. Drool and everything. :-) They call him "wild man, J" in school.

And my little Autie - S. Well, she's all about what the last days of school are about. She's excited to be a 5th grader next year. She also got into shopping recently. Her and I went to the store to get sandals the other night and she started looking at the clothes and we came home with 3 outfits for "good". She's so funny - wandering from rack to rack with that "oohhh" sucking in of the breath.

I haven't heard anything about the computer yet. Figure I'll kind of shake the rafters on Monday. I also need to touch base with Speech so I can get the prompts - since she insists on doing them. ;-)