Super Hero AJ

This picture is from sometime last summer, but after her first full week of school it just seems appropriate. Ayden Jane is off to preschool 9-12 mon.-Fri. She adds horseback riding on Tue., PT on Wed. and ST on Fridays. That's just her schedule. Not to mention she spends Mon. and Thurs. night at the soccer fields (on the playground). And from here on out I don't think there is a free weekend until Oct. has come and gone. Whew! It makes me tired.

So how is it all going? Well, remember the super hero picture? Her teacher says she is doing great and is already speaking up and participating... She is doing great with the counting activity. Pretty cool activity from a therapy stand point. They are given a number up to 4. Then they have to place clothes pins on enough dots to show the number. Ayden Jane is now counting everything!

She is doing fabulous in PT. We have been working really hard on gripping a marker properly and drawing lines. This week she traced simple letters pretty well! HUGE improvement. She is also hopping! I was amazed when I saw her in her room working on it. We have never done it in PT, but she was just determined and taught herself. ST went well except that she was tired since it was Friday afternoon! Heck, I was tired too.

And for the big news of the week. It looks like I will be returning to the work force. We have been watching and waiting and counting pennies for quite some time now. It seems the choices were always full time or nothing. We just didn't think full time was an option with Gary's crazy schedule and the distance he is from home. So, I applied to something I came across not really knowing the hours... It turns out they are looking for someone 2 1/2 days a week and are pretty flexible as to the days! I can seriously work with that.

Ayden Jane will need to stay for after care on Tue. until 2 so Gary can sleep off his Mon. night shift. She will officially begin to have lunch at school. I am not worried as the school has been so awesome with all the things AJ needs. Hopefully she will take her Super Hero powers to the next level and handle the transition to mom working and being gone a bit.