I struggled with the title for this post, yet had to move on quickly because I am excited to share with EVERYONE our great news. So "Ayden is Amazing" works because quite frankly it is true, unfortunately we have found a few people in this world that never really understood that. Ayden had the chance to love school again, briefly this year. How did we know he loved school? He shared HIS work explaining how HE did it and what he had done. He did not fight with me to get on the bus, and did not seem to need to decompress from his day. Unfortunately, that time expired and we needed to find a solution no matter what the cost.
Ayden will be moving out of his current classroom and school and into a class at Meadowview Elementary for the 2017-2018 school year. We are beyond excited to start this new adventure; Ayden has had many good memories at Ryan Park, but needs a change. We met his new teacher today and he is great, I am literally smiling this whole time...you have no idea!! It will still be functional skills (that will not change), but the district wide focus on technology, virtual learning, etc. will not be a problem as he will be in the Westview School district, and our school calendars more closely align too.
The cost...we will lose "Deb and Vic", his bus driver and monitor since he was 3 years old. These two ladies have been a blessing to our family in so many ways. They truly love and care for my boy, they even have their own jingle we sing almost every day or night. I am not sure that taking the bus the first few mornings next fall will be easy, but I am hoping what he finds in his classroom will make him want to try again the next day. We were terrified about Camp Riley last summer and the boy that returned was different, older, more independent. Ayden is growing up and changing each day, I can't wait to see what this new adventure holds for him... Ayden is Amazing.
I'll post soon about our summer happenings, he has already been on several bike rides, the pool is ready for swimming(once the weather cooperates), Julia is on the calendar, and then Camp Riley will be upon us before we even know it.
