First Day of School

Well, we've had a few things happen lately. Our Chunky Monkey has started school and is riding the school bus home!

Kyle is now in a special education class Monday - Thursday each week from 8:00 - 10:30 am with 60 minutes of speech theraphy a week. You see Kyle is not talking yet and he'll turn 4 on 12-23-06. After many evaluations and some speculation that he may be mildly autistic, the majority feel that he is just delayed on many levels - mainly communication. Yet through all this, we know he understands every thing we say. Of course it could be he's just stubborn........don't know where he would get that from?!?!?!?!?!

He's also fearless and will climb on any and EVERYTHING. We've already warned his teachers that they will have their hands full. And all reports so far are GREAT. He plays and interacts well with other students and is very curious and interested in learning new things. We hope very soon he will start talking and we won't be able to shut him up....you know all I want for Christmas is for my son to TALK and say I LOVE YOU! (Also, to prove those specialist wrong that he is not autistic!)

Yet, on the other hand, my mother is taking a class to renew her teaching certificate (she's retired but can do homebound and long term subs and make more money by renewing her certificate......she says this is the last time) and she is taking this opportunity to make it all about Kyle and is possible diagnosis of mild autism by learning all she can about it .........just in case it turns out that he is.

In the mean time, we just go day by day and laugh by laugh until we him tell us all what he thinks!