Things are getting somewhat back to normal around here... although we're still all a little shellshocked! Sarah has been my Godsend this week. Her school is under construction and doesn't start up until next week, so she's been hanging out with me all week. She's good company and keeps me from retreating to the corner in a trembling heap! She also helped me with the picking up of the older kids. Little Bear and Rafael go to different schools that get out at the same time, so getting them both is pretty hard! So I would drop Sarah off at Little Bear's school early to wait for Little Bear, then go pick up Rafael, and then go back for Sarah and Little Bear. Then we'd all go to Monkeyboy's school and wait for him to get out, and thhen wwe'd all go back home. (By then, my car would be bursting with kids!)
On Monday, Jimmy had Pufferfish for the day, so Sarah and I had some kidless time1 We went to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch. Its one of Sarah's favorite restaurants, because she's a vegetarian. (Being a salad bar, Sweet Tomatoes offers a ton of vegetarian options!) Sarah and I barely ever have the chance to do something without a mess of little kids with us, so our lunch out was really cool!
On Tuesday, Sarah went with me and Pufferfish to a farm, which I will tell you more about in a few days when I finish up my Tot School entry. (Our theme for the week was farms!)
And on Wednesday, we went to the Children's Garden at the Arboretum! Check out these pics!
Today was the best day ever... I got to go to Six Flags! But I'll write more about that when I get the pictures!!!
The bottom line is, we're all struggling, but at least trying to keep things somewhat normal... it just seems to be taking a while!
Looks like a fun day! And Pufferfish is so incredibly adorable!
Posted by: Tanya @ Teenautism | September 04, 2009 at 11:05 PM