Angels Sing and the Devil Grins

No tears.........I was proud, of them and myself! I almost choked up when I was fixing B's hair this morning but I sucked it up, and off we went. I was a little nervous since this year there is a new principal. I didn't know this until two days ago. Ugh, was my first thought. You parents of special needs kids know that we always feel like we are starting over each year w/every new teacher, and to even think about having to begin all over with a new principal.....but we can't help retirement, it happens. As we entered the building, she (the new principal) was greeting everyone with a friendly "Hello". As we smiled, returned her greeting and walked on, I heard a "Oh, are these my cochlear implant kids?" Stop. About face. "Yes, these are the Cochlear Kids." The very friendly principal says "Oh, my grandson has a cochlear implant"...and the angels began to sing. Another one sent to us from above (we hope!). Right away I felt more at ease. We took Gage first to his third grade room, got the essential introductions out of the way, and headed out for the K. Gage had already prepped Brook on the way there about things like "Don't say bathroom Brook, it's restroom!" Good advice from someone who's been there done that. I got Brook all settled in, told her I'd pick her up at 11:30 since they let the K out early if they want, the first week...and we want! Brook promised to follow erections (unfortunately that's no typo-we are working on that one particular word where the /d/ is so important). As I took a deep breath and strolled back down the hall...alone...with no kids...the devil paid his visit in the form of a sly grin that I wanted to hide, but why bother?

I grinned my way on out the door to the two hours worth of errands I had to run, alone. The kids are begging to start riding the bus home this week, I was going to wait til next week but we may start early (Gage might, Brook will get out early all week).

I have more homework than ever, filling out papers for two kids instead of one. The nurse pulled me aside today and I chatted with her, which again, makes me feel at ease. Also I noticed on all the health paperwork, there were options under hearing loss where you can check hearing aids, or cochlear implant...didn't see BAHA or ABI anywhere but that'll change likely in the next few years if more people get those.

Picked B up and she had a great day, there was one child that flicked her coils off a time or two, but the teacher took care of that. I did speak to Brook's class upon her request and explained that she can't hear without her devices and I managed to keep it in three sentences and under this time, too much info confuses them. And when I finished a little boy says "What do we do with this folder?"......ah, so that went well I'd say, haha. So for our first day, it couldn't have went any smoother. The teachers are great, we have a really good school, regardless of how rural it is. They teach, and take care of my babies.