Busy, Busy

Wow, I haven't posted in over a week! Life is so busy and lots of changes getting ready to happen. Seth Robert will be starting Jr Kindergarten in September! He will be going to school everyday, from 8:30 until 11:30, and then will stay for "Lunch Bunch" from 11:30 until 12:30. He is getting so big! I cannot believe some of the things that come out of that kids mouth; he is so full of ideas. He is certainly not a 'little boy' anymore.

In addition to Seth starting school, Abby will be going to St Joe's everyday as well. She will go from 9am to noon daily, for a toddler class in which they really stress speech and language development. She will also be with other kids who are hearing impaired, wear hearing aids and/or implants, and she will have hearing peers in her class. A hearing peer is a kid the same age as the rest of the class who is 'hearing' and has normal development for speech. It gives the kids a chance to see a 'model' of what other kids their age are doing and hopefully encourages them to grow their language even more. Seth was a hearing peer when he was 2, and I think it really helped him understand his sister's disability.

Ok, so on top of all these changes we are also changing babysitters : ( We FINALLY found a sitter that the kids LOVE and I have never had a single reservation about leaving the kids with her. Unfortunately, her youngest child will be starting preschool this year and she wants to get back into the workforce. The kids (and I) will definitely miss Sarah and her kids. They love going there and when they get home, they talk about all the kids and what they did that day. It helps so much to know your kids are being cared for in a loving home, and they are having fun as well. Anyway, we found a place to send them in the afternoons following their morning school. It is a small 'Learning Academy' and is very close to home. This center is only licensed for 10 kids, and is staffed by the owner and a full time assistant. I'm hopeful it will work out for us!

SO here is a rundown of our daily schedule once school starts: Drop the kids at their schools, work FROM St Joe's while Abby is in school, take a lunch and get Abby from class, pick up Seth from school, drop them off at daycare, back to work for about 4 more hours. It's going to be crazy. The driving is the worst of it. If I was closer to everything I wouldn't have to figure in all the long commute times. I'm really starting to think about going back to Part time. Even dropping 5 hours a week would make things much easier. We'll have to see...I have a new manager and I'm not sure how open she is to that sort of thing.