Another 4 Day Week

Alexzander had a great week. He had tons of fun painting, writing in his journal, and homework!

He is starting to really enjoy learning how to read. This week he went up to the Smart Board when asked and pointed out the word "the", to which all of his classmates replied with how much they love Alex. They really enjoy having him in class!

This week Alex also got to wear the new shirts that Dad picked out for him:

And, since it is getting colder, we get to even break out his new jacket soon!

Halloween is just around the corner, and I still haven't finished his Thor hammer. There has just been SO MUCH going on. But I have to finish it this weekend, since Halloween is on Wednesday! Also on Wednesday, Alex gets to go to the planetarium, which I know he will love. I am still trying to talk Dad into going with him, since he has the day off. We will see.

Yesterday, while I was working on my powerpoint presentation for my English research, I made a new friend. This is rare, for sure, let alone meeting someone so cool! Since I have not ok-ed taking about this here with this person, I will just say this: This person opened my mind to new ideas about Alex. For example: the pica thing can be helped by just giving him somewhere to spend his extra energy that he has, and usually uses up chewing on things. One good thing is to get him a drum set. So, for these weeks leading up to the Holiday Season, I am working on Dad to hopefully get him to say, "Yes, we will get Alex a drum set.". Music was very important to this person, and it came highly recommended that since Alex likes it too, we make sure that we get it into his life as much as possible.

This person also told me about their experience with Holmen School District. Very positive things indeed. However, when it was brought up to the Grandparents, there was static, not only because they were geographically unaware of where in Wisconsin Holmen is, but also because they still have this need to keep Alex close. That would be great, but I want to, no matter what, give Alex the best chance of getting an amazing education. Sometimes you have to give up things you want to ensure that the best chance is given.

Well, there is a certain little boy who is waiting on me to finish this, so we can start baking and washing dishes. Have a great week everyone!