looooong

Things are never as simple as they seem, but I *think* I might have this whole childcare issue taken care of. Chase's current daycare teacher (Ann) is very upset about the daycare getting rid of Chase. But I'm thinking that this doesn't have to be a bad thing. Chase gets plenty of socialization time at school but after school he gets cranky and isn't exactly in the best mood to go to daycare. SO...

Ann wants to retire. She doesn't want to work at the daycare anymore. Standing up for 40 hours a week is draining and her boss really clashes with her. Instead of me paying $300/week for daycare and then another $80/day for 3x week when I work nights... (that adds up to $540/week I think)...

Now I will pay Ann $300/week and she will watch them when I go to work and other random times during the week when I need a break and/or need to run errands. This works out for her because she will have a lot more down time and half the time she watches the kids, they will be asleep anyway. Chase will have a lot more time at home, able to play with his neighbor friends.

I'm going to sign Aimee up for some little preschool program for maybe 3 hours 2x/week or so. Ann is great as far as teaching the kids academic stuff, but with Aimee being so shy I think she needs to be in a school environment with other kids her own age so that school isn't a shock when she gets to kindergarten.

Ok this post is probably way too long and detailed and more than you care to read, but oh well. Thats what the little X on the top right of your screen is for.

And I'm still not done talking (writing).

Chase is doing really well. I'm afraid to write too much about this, in case I jinx it!

My dad is home. My mom will care for him for now. I wish I could help more.

Yesterday we officially got AB3632 services at the IEP meeting. That means that we have MRT (mobile response team) in case of emergencies, Chase will see the AB3632 therapist weekly and soon we will be meeting with someone from Wraparound to get those services in place.

Ok I guess I'm running out of things to say and YES you can breath a sigh of relief. "This girl is finally going to shut up..."