Here we are...Aug. 31, 2011, first day of school! Summer turned 3 on July 14! Wow! Time has flown by so fast. She has come so far! She has been enrolled in a birth to 3 program up until her birthday and now qualified to go to Preschool. She is getting so smart...communicates VERY well, and is getting more and more determined every day to push herself physically. She now loves to hold our fingers and "walk", using one foot at a time. This a HUGE "step" for her! :) Hillcrest is an early childhood learning center with classes that are integrated with 10 special needs kids and 5 typically developing kids. Summer goes to school in her new wheelchair (that looks like a stroller) and needs lots of help getting around. She is lucky enough to have her own personal aid all day :) So, this makes me feel better...knowing there is a "me" with her :) His name is Rob and we love him already! He is so great with Summer...she seemed to enjoy him too :)
Teacher Kathy putting Summer's name tag on while we waited for school to start....
Such a big girl! Yet, still so small....she loved the Summer size chairs and table :)
Summer with Rob.
The 2nd day of schoo (today), we put Summer on the bus....She was okay until the driver started raising the ramp to put her on and said, "wave bye, bye, to mommy and daddy". Her face instantly crunched up and she started crying...I did too. I thought the first day would be harder, but sending my little girl on a bus while she was sad, was NOT my idea of a good time :( The driver was really nice...she let us get her a doll to take and said kids are usually fine once the bus gets going. I am picking her up today....we'll see how it went! We are so excited to have reached this milestone with her...she is doing BIG things :)
