A Busy Day

Today has been a hectic day! It started with us having to be at the high school at 8:00 for Ryan's assessment. Of course today is the first day the kids have slept in til 7:30 since the time change... so it was a tough job getting them out the door... plus I wanted to have Eddie's backpack ready just incase we didn't have time to stop home before school... Kevin was also set to start PT & OT today and was saying that he was afraid of new teachers!!! So we finally got there... 10 minutes late! Ryan went in with the teacher by himself while I tried to entertain Kevin and Eddie in the hallway. We started to read a book when I remembered I still needed to meet with the school nurse about Kevin's allergies. I purchased an extra Epi Pen for them to keep at the school incase of any allergic reactions. The preschool nurse was not there but there was another nurse who took the Epi Pen and then gave me a bunch of paper work to fill out... on top of the paperwork I need to fill out for Ryan. Ryan was done around 8:30 and the kids played pretty well together while I talked to the teacher about what her thoughts were. There were a few issues that came up and she is recommending a full assessment like Kevin had covering PT, OT and speech... so that will be coming up. We finished up with Ryan and headed over to the PT room for Kevin's back to back PT/OT sessions. They said they didn't have a signed copy of his IEP and I said I hadn't seen it yet. They said they couldn't start his session til they had it in their hands and that it was to have been sent home in the mail... well, after a lot of confusion, they figured out that it was still in the school so I signed it and Kevin was able to start. He had PT from 9:00 - 9:30 and OT from 9:30 - 10:00. We dropped him off and headed over to another classroom where the PTO was having Violet the Clown come perform. She's great! This is the 3rd year in a row she's come to the school. Eddie and Ryan had fun... Ryan and I slipped out (a friend kept an eye on Eddie) while I went back to the PT room to pick up Kevin... they said he did really well! I was worried he was going to be too tired but they said he did fine... We finished up at the school and were on our way home when Eddie reminded me about the Thanksgiving feast and I remembered that I had forgot to send in the $1.75 for chicken nuggets for him so we quickly stopped by the school office to see if we could sign up and they said it wasn't til tomorrow so I wrote a note and put it in his backpack and then we were off to a friend's house... we have been swapping off bus duty with the kids and it was my turn to get her kids on the bus... (she will bring Eddie home later so it's a great deal, I don't have to wake up Kevin and Ryan from their naps in order to pick Eddie up)... their bus comes at 12:06, Eddie's bus comes at 12:10... wasn't sure if I could do it but I was able to get them on the bus and get home with 2 minutes to spare (we live very close together)... not sure if that's a good idea for everyday since any traffic would mean we would miss the bus but it worked out for today. As it turns out, I will be needing to drive Eddie to school on Fridays because Kevin will have speech... Kevin's schedule is set - he'll be going to speech on Tuesdays from 10-10:30, he'll have PT from 9:00 - 9:30 & OT from 9:30 - 10:00 on Wednesdays and then speech again on Fridays from 11:30 - 12:00. We should hear back in 45 days if Ryan will need any services and we'll go from there! Kevin and Ryan are in for their naps... today is Parent Teacher conferences and Ed and I will be meeting with Eddie's teacher this afternoon at 3:00 pm. I hope it's a good meeting! Wish us luck! After the meeting, we have a couple quick errands to do... and then I'm off to work (6-11pm)...