Beginning School Again

It was a little bumpy getting the kids back in school after the long vacation. Spence has been doing great toilet training at school. He gets mad he cannot change pull ups when he is dry. We'll work on that, but it is exciting that he is showing some promise in that area. Celia and Joseph had an extra half day because of the different start dates of kiddos in our family(oops) therefore lots of classwork and homework to do. Celia is having negative interactions with the kids in her class. I mean several of them. I miss vacation already where she can feel safe, love and where most she had positive experiences. She really can get quite anxious and have nightmares due to working out all the problems she has at school in her head at night. Poor thing. 

Celia was able to go to the gym with me which is has been begging to do. We used to go a lot since she was a baby and she would play in the kids care. We'd even go before her afternoon kindergarten class. Now she rarely gets to go because she is a big second grader and has school. She is learning a lot though. Celia has made quite a bit of progress in catching up on reading , is doing well with subtraction and borrowing although she admits she like addition better. I am just so amazed at how she works hard at things that are difficult for her then makes great strides.  Even with hiking/walking. Celia usually didn't make it more than a block without saying how tired she was after building up to it. She can walk a little further. I love walking around this track like path with the kids on our days off. Spencer is more cooperative about it on certain days, but we try nonetheless.
Spence liked school. he is back to no behaviors and all smiles. We would love that at home too. He is such a routine junky, hehe.