Amelia's Adjusting!

School has started and with that Amelia's entertainment was declined!  Each morning the kids and I load up into the van hopefully by 7:15 am and head to school.  Adam and Addison have their first bell at 7:40 am.  All three kids are attending the same school, but Alex doesn't start his class until 8:00 am.  With this 20 minutes we have been enjoying the time on the empty school playground all to ourselves.  The school says the pledge and has a moment of silence each morning, I have enjoyed watching Alex stop in his tracks for a moment and acknowledge that he is supposed to be doing something.  

We walk to the door to sign Alex into school and drop him off to Ms. B...but then what.  Amelia is often sad and wanting to stay at school with her big brother.  

The first week of school she and I were busy running errands and trying to get caught up while the kids were in school!  She and I also had fun though.  We had to stop at Auto Zone to return some things and a Starbucks was right next door.  We headed in and she enjoyed a cake pop with organic apple juice.  When we were in the grocery store this week she was pointing to the balloons above the cash registrar.  The checker found some scissors and gave Amelia not one, but three balloons!!  One of the stores that I wanted to go into wasn't open so Amelia and I strolled through PETSMART instead.  Amelia enjoyed looking at the birds and fish.  We also watched a few dogs and even a cat get a haircut!

Wednesdays are becoming our favorite days!  Amelia gets to have Alex home and his speech therapist lets Amelia play with things once Alex has finished!  She also enjoys the fun stories that she tries to get Alex to listen to :)  I enjoy not having to be out the door and ready for the day by 7:15 am.  I also let Adam and Addison buy lunch on Wednesday which is a real time saver in the morning!!

I personally am really enjoying the one on one time that I am getting with Amelia.  She is so wonderful and happy most of the time.  I have enjoyed getting to pop into the pet shop and buy her special treats that she and I enjoy together.  What a magical time for me :)