Day 17

Well, I don't think the first day of summer school/camp was too bad.... maybe. The day started out with the bus folks calling to say the bus aide baled so could I drive Josh to summer school. No problem, things happen, and he was probably happier riding in "the buffalo" than meeting new folks on the bus - but that will hopefully happen tomorrow. I didn't get any calls from school or camp - that's a good thing. And, there were no notes in the backpack - although there was an American flag he made for flag day and a story about flag day! But, the afternoon ride home from camp was about 20 minutes late. When they finally arrived at the drop off site, the driver and aide were very friendly, and were very understanding. They had started off anticipating Josh would sit in the front passenger seat (now that he's 12 and can), but he wasn't handling it well when the van would stop to drop other kids off. So, when a spot opened, they moved him to the middle passenger side seat and he did better there. He was still a little "swatty," but they said it was perfectly understandable since it was the first day and there were so many new things. I'll have to give them the suggestions about "high fiving" it if he starts to swat, maybe do a reward system, have a Blue's Clues book available for him, etc.

The note from the camp aide - well, let's just hope he gets used to camp again. Stephanie circled that he was cheerful and inquisitive, but getting him up to walk and move was tough. He played catch, apparently while sitting, he ate most of his lunch (man, kids, didn't even touch the salad I put in!! LOL!), but I don't think they could get him into the bathroom and they used a chair on wheels if they needed to move around a lot. I think after a day or two he'll be up and around (I hope, I hope, I hope) - this was just a lot to deal with today. Stephanie may call tonight so we can talk about ideas.

On our way home, he said he wanted to stop in at Gramma's and Boompah's (he specifically asked to go the route that would take us past their house) but I said maybe tomorrow. Then we passed the railroad tracks where Gramma and Boompah said they saw the "ghost trains" - he knew exactly where it was even though we weren't with them when they saw the "ghost train."
I just talked to them and we will stop there tomorrow for dinner.

When we got home, Josh was a little hesitant to come in (even though the box arrived from Lakeshore Learning! yeah!!) but did in just a few minutes, then laid down on the floor - he's wiped. We've been home maybe and hour and a half, he's been sleeping for most of that! Busy day!

We'll see how tomorrow is - day 18. Hope the NV comes soon - we're running low on it!