10-30-09

Lily has adjusted quickly and is doing very well at school! The school is totally wonderful and I feel so blessed that she is able to go there. It really is the perfect place for her and has yielded some wonderful results! She is listening better and is able to process information faster. Her eye contact has improved and she is following directions much better. Her speech is better (she is able to have much longer word utterances). She still has difficulty communicating with actual sentences, but that will come in time. Some of that is just about getting out of the habit of communicating with just a few words and some of that is about us having to enforce her use of sentences more often and waiting for her to ask.

Her teachers love her and she loves them too! They sing songs, do crafts and have a lot of field trips and special things that they do and I am happy that I can be a part of all of it! Last week we went to the pumpkin patch and a picnic in the park. Tomorrow (well, today actually) is their fall festival where all the kids dress up in costume and have little games and activities planned where the parents can come too. Lily likes going to school and I am so happy! It has given me some time to catch up on some appts. and things and has been nice to be able to schedule dr.'s appts. in the am and not worry about having to bring Lily or ask for a sitter.

Lily seems to be much happier and I am enjoying her more than ever! Anthony told me that last weekend she was hiding and yelling "Help!" over and over again in desperation. He ran to her as fast as he could in a panic and when he found her she smiled at him and yelled "SURPRISE!"
Gotta love it.