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Charlie’s first day/forty minutes
By Margot | September 15, 2009
Charlie on his first day. Not happy
Charlie on the bike ride after he escaped from preschool
So, I thought I was going to post today on a silent house and the significance of Charlie’s first day of preschool. But alas, Charlie had other plans. I knew we were in trouble when we started talking about it this morning and the first thing he said was, “you are not going to go home without me right?” “You aren’t going to leave me there all by myself?” I stayed with him for the first twenty-five minutes and he kept trying to drag me out of there. When I finally got to sit and play with some clay the teacher said she would take over whenever I was ready so I handed him to her and he screamed bloody murder. I went next door and hung out in the library for twenty minutes and then Tina came and said, Charlie’s not calming down, you’d probably better go back.  He was haning out by the gate waiting for me.  I thought I would stay with him but Becky said maybe try again on Thursday and so we went home forty minutes into the big day and went for a bike ride.  The bike ride went well and it was a beautiful day. Charlie’s is getting great on his bike, he zoomed down the big grassy hill like a kamakazie pilot. I’ll plan to stay on Thursday and see how it goes. I keep thinking of an author I used to work with who said his mother became a preschool teacher because she ended up staying every day.
Sam is doing well. He got both blood and platelets yesterday. He was still borderline for blood but we thought we might as well tank him up. He perked up afterwards and bopped around the house last night until ten o’clock saying he had too much energy from his blood transfusion.  He got to watch the Chargers win which I would crow about except that it was kind of ugly.   I saw him at school today when I went to help set up his FM system (which still isn’t working) and he was very happy and having a good day.   He’s finishing up The Island of the Blue Dolphins himself and really liking it.  It’s nice to have him want to read by himself after I’ve read some.   He played goalie in his game on Saturday and saved a few goals and was scored on once. He also played defense and did all right.  He has practice today which he chose over going to the Padre game with some awesome tickets offered by Joanne at the hospital. He is worried about going back to Philadelphia and I’m trying to reassure him about that.  I’m going to see if his teacher will let him email the class.
Andy scored twice in his soccer game on Saturday and was very happy that they won. After the game he said, “We’re undefeated!” Pretty funny after one game. Though I don’t get much out of him about school he is liking it too.  He came to the hospital yesterday after school to keep Sam company while he was getting transfused and chatted up all of the nurses.  He and I have been having some after school dates at Mr. Frosty dates but I think I’ll have to volunteer in his class to get the skinny on what’s happening in his class. That’s how I always got Sam’s info.
Anyway, things are good in our not silent house. LDH yesterday was 612 - holding normal.
Margot
Topics: Progress Reports | 5 Comments »
September 15th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Good luck with Charlie. Camille did the first week of preschool fine, then balked for two weeks before becoming the littlest dropout. We’re going to wait a few months and try again.
September 16th, 2009 at 2:24 am
Margot,
So happy to hear things are normal…that’s the way we like it!!! I’m sure Charlie will start digging school. He just sounds to me like he needs to do things at his own pace 🙂 Tell Andy congrats on his win and being “undefeated” thats AWESOME!!! Tons of prayers coming you way for a better second day of preschool, Andy staying undefeated, and easing those worries of Sam about Philly!! (along with all of our normal prayers)
Love
Abra
September 16th, 2009 at 2:56 am
Claire Marie did fine for about 4 days of preschool, then cried every day at dropoff for the next month. Broke my heart… but the teacher reassured me that after 5 minutes she stopped crying and slowly became involved with the class. Never expected this from our outgoing, gregarious 4th child, who talked to anyone and everyone at age 2! Give Charlie time… it is all an adjustment ! Plus, I am sure he treasures time with mom by himself… they are smart cookies when it comes to bonding time ! 😉
Glad to him Sam is perking up and doing well… happy to know Andy is keeping him company and entertaining the medical staff also !
Love to all,
Colleen
September 16th, 2009 at 4:46 am
I’m loving Charlie’s Phillies gear!!
Glad to hear that Sam is loving his classes. I also loved reading “Island of the Blue Dolphins” and read it in 4th grade 🙂
Wish I was going to be at home in DE (about 20 minutes from Philly) when you guys head to the City of Brotherly Love… maybe next time 🙂
Also, last semester you guys allowed me to use a few quotes from the blog for a paper I was writing. Just wanted to let you know that I got a 98 on it! It was 24 pages long… yikes! If you’re interested in reading it, just let me know and I can email you the file. 🙂
September 17th, 2009 at 4:10 am
Love Charlie’s Phillies’ tee!! Glad to hear that things are going reasonably well. We’re here if you need us when you come back East.
Pam