This was the first full week of the new year, and what a new year it has been for our family so far. I feel like our life is changing so fast and I am watching my kids grow up on fast forward. It's amazing. This week was full of first experiences for our kids, in particular, Johnny. He is not my baby boy anymore, he is a big boy. And Eliza, I can't believe it, she is just learning things so fast. It is just amazing.
Monday was Johnny's first day at his new school. We were nervous about how it would go for him. Mostly, we felt that he would be just fine, but there is always a part of you that feels a little nervous that he might be scared or nervous himself. Not Johnny. He just walked into the school with his backpack on, walked with us to his new classroom, and took his teacher's hand and basically just waved good-bye to us. He was just happy and excited to be there. After his first day, his teachers told us that he was just excited all day long. He loved it. The next morning, he was excited to get dressed and go to school.
Tuesday morning, before he went to school, we had a dentist appointment. It was Johnny's first cleaning. I was nervous about how he would do. We tried to have him go first, but he was so nervous. He didn't understand what this weird guy was trying to do, and he did not like the chair. He was just really tense, and clamped his mouth shut. So we decided to let me go. He sat and just watched the dentist as he cleaned my teeth. he was really good, just very interested in what was going on. The dentist, at the end of my cleaning had Johnny sit on his lap, so he could see the mirror and the pick and how the worked. I was hoping Johnny would get it. After I was done, I signed to him that it was his turn, and he just sat right in the chair, and the dentist came toward him with the mirror, and Johnny opened his mouth wide and let the dentist clean his teeth and floss them and polish them. He was really good. The dentist even commented on how good of a patient he was. It was a lot of fun.
After the appointment, we took Johnny to school. He was just as excited the second time as he was the first. It was fun to see him after school. He lined up with the other kids in the hall and obeyed his teachers as they signed for him to sit along the wall. He was so good. He waved at us, but just waited until everyone was going out to the busses. It was a lot of fun to see him look so grown up. It was fun to see him with his deaf peers, and speaking his language, and to be a part of something where he was completely involved. After seeing him this last week, I have no doubt that we made the right choice in sending Johnny to the signing school. They were so excited to have him there, and he was so excited to be there. It was just cool.
THursday, he rode the bus to school. He wasn't nervous at all. He climbed in and saw his old car seat and thought it was cool. The van was full of other kids going to his school, and they were all signing and he was just happy to be there and part of it.
It has also been great to see him with Eliza now. He plays so well with her, for the most part. He always takes the time to get down on her level and teach her a new sign. She knows that, and so she always taps him on his shoulder and points at something and then signs what, so he can tell her what it is. Of course, as a result, she knows all the super hero names, dinosaur, fireman, police, cars, you know, all the boy stuff.
The kids are growing up so fast. It is unbelievable. It makes me want to spend as much time with them as I can, so I miss as little as possible as they grow up. It all happens so fast.
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