Fire Station

I was Blessed to be able to be a chaperone on Christopher's first field trip of the school year. We went to the B'burg Fire House. I'm sorry, Fire Station, as Chris kept correcting me. I absolutely love to help out with his class. He's really Thriving.



I met up with Chris in his classroom. All the students had been told to wear their purple bulldog t-shirts. It was wonderful to see all the kids matching, and behaving. They were so excited to walk down to the Fire House. I had a group of 4 kids including Christopher, and the kids held hands. How cute is that?



I love Kindergartners. Having a parent visit totally makes their day. Made mine too! I got to know his teacher a bit better, and I'm just thoroughly impressed with her. She's absolutely wonderful, loves the kids, and yet disciplines. God really knew what He was doing placing Chris with her.



The kids got to do a full tour of the Fire Station, seeing where the firefighters ate, slept, played, exercised, all the bells and whistles. Literally. At the end we went down the garage, a great big honking garage, where the kids got to climb into the Rescue vehicle, but our time with them was limited, because during the 1 hour we were there, they got 2 calls, and had to take off.



We got to see them use the firepole. The kids were in awe. Mine is the teensy head up front. But I just love the shot of the girls holding hands. Did I mention how much I love kindergartners? They come up to me, and tell me how much they love Christopher. They want to hold his hand, they want to hug me. My word. So adorable.



I mean really, how can you resist the Cuteness of this class?!



I just have been getting such Divine Vibes from the people at his school. I was nervous, I admit, I had my doubts as to whether or not sending Chris to school full days would be wise. But they keep proving to me this was the right decision for him. Monday we met with his team at the school. He has been upgraded from being on a 504 plan to an IEP. This opens up all kinds of doors for him. We requested a PT assessment, since he seems to have some core weakness still. And he qualified for OT and Speech based on some speech and social behavior issues. They have already taken all kinds of steps to help him. They gave him the camp chair, a chew toy, the FM system. And this week, they started using a weighted vest to help center him during free time like recess. And it seems to be helping. He hasn't gotten a dart in weeks. Nothing but beautiful green smiley faces. I'm so Proud of him. He amazes me constantly. He's brave and strong. Even when he started pooping out on the walk back from the firehouse, he kept moving, kept those feet going, I couldn't carry him, and he was a little whiney, but one of his girlfriends came up and held his hand, and he held mine, and we were playing I Spy to distract him, and she said, "I Spy a brave sweet boy." Yeah, I spied that brave sweetboy too.