First Day of 1st Grade

Today was Gracie's first day of the first grade... sigh.
I cannot believe that my little girl is now a big first grader. Perhaps because she didn't get to do the "normal" preschool routine and her "Kindergarten" school year was only a total of a little over four months plus summer school. Or, perhaps (and most likely) it's because I am in a bit of denial about how quickly time passes - - at least in some respects!

She wasn't all that thrilled about school this morning... didn't want any part of getting ready and was downright furious when we took her outside to wait for the bus. (Granted, she slept all of about three hours total all night... ouch for her... ouch for mommy!) But, when she actually saw the bus and got in her seat, she was pretty stinkin' pleased!

Shortly after the bus left, I went over to the school to discuss some things with the school RN and take Gracie's gait trainer. I got to see her happy little face for a brief second as she headed to another classroom for a bit. Her teacher and I also had the chance to talk today (we talked at length Friday when Preston and I took in a bunch of Gracie's supplies) and she's now seen the walking video and a bit of the blog... so she really knows what Little Miss can do! She's got Gracie's number now and plans on pushing her - - and I am happy! :-)

This is when she got home from school and
I asked her if she had a good day!
As happy as she was to be back at school, she was tired! After she cooled down from the ride and being outside, I fed her, gave her a breathing treatment and she took a 45 minute nap.

Then, it was off to PT and OT.
For PT, she wasn't all that excited about walking - - she was tired and, as luck would have it, it was the day that her PT wanted to time her walking certain distances for her assessment report... go figure! She had Gracie do other things instead and we will try the walking again on Thursday.

She was happy in OT, though... and sat up independently for most of the session - - only a few small protests and she was back up.

She practiced putting the wood blocks on the dowels and also threading them. Her favorite thing to do, though, is put her fingers in the holes and have blocks on all five digits!

She put the necklaces as part of OT, has little weights on her wrists and had all the frilly stuff around her, so Ericka, her OT, put the glasses on and I couldn't resist the photo op!

Hopefully, she sleeps better tonight!