Remember that Preschooler?

Benji is about 4 and a half. He will be turning five in December. So far, we have kept him in awesome awesome home daycares. In Boston he was at Las Floritas (Little Flowers) and the hardest part of moving away from the Boston area, by far, was leaving their family. We try to stop by for visits when we are in town, but you know how it is.. time flies. I'm sure I spelled their name wrong. Ben picked up Spanish much quicker than I did. His time there was the reason I am called Otra Mommy.

When we moved to Springfield, we dreaded the daycare hunt. We didn't feel that he was ready for a formal preschool yet, so we chose TT's Tot Lot. Awesome Awesome Awesome. Can't say enough good things about that family.. especially after they cared for Ben as the tornado ripped through their neighborhood about 100 feet from their house. We miss them, but they are close enough to visit.. we just need to find time.. time has been elusive lately.

Now that we're back in CT.. the search has been on again. We moved into town too late for the public systems pre-K program. The school system is debating putting him into Kindergarten so he can receive speech services and any other services he may need. Our plan is to start him at a private preschool in town late next week and then once his testing has been completed at the public school we will work out some sort of hybrid where he will be bussed to North Street for his services and bussed back for the private school's kindergarten, which is more one on one. Assuming he does well, we will then transfer him to public school kindergarten the following year.

As a present for reading all of this.. here are some pictures from baby-benny to current-benji...

It's the thought that counts

I have a lot of ideas and would like to write. But. I have a headache and I am exhausted.. so I'm going to go hook up to my brand new CPAP and get some sleep. Maybe tomorrow. Cross your fingers.

Over and out.

Good luck keeping up...

Let's catch up.  This is a photo of me that I took from my iPod about a month ago.  I look great.  I thanked the iPod for being so flattering for me so that my mother wouldn't worry when she saw my Facebook profile picture.

This is also a photo of myself that I took from my iPod.  If I wasn't hooked to as many wires, the iPod might have had a chance at helping me look just a tad bit healthy.

 I'll probably explain more when I feel like it.  For now, let's just say that I've been diagnosed with a "conversion" disorder that has made my life both suck and blow for the last 6-9 months.


Benji... my pride and joy... is perfect.  Here is a pic of him before his last haircut.  It was a crazy winter.  Very rare that you can play in the snow in Massachusetts in March while wearing a T-shirt.

He is my life.

In other news... a number of tornados ripped through Springfield two days ago barely missing our neighborhood and causing a lot of stress, loss, and heartache for a lot of people.  We were very lucky that everyone we know in this area came through it all ok. 

By now you should understand the Title of this post... "Good luck keeping up..."  Because of the medical problems that I've been dealing with recently.. I have a hard time not getting distracted and/or keeping on track.  This is one reason I haven't blogged.  I decided that I would try blogging again and not worry so much about my grammar and humor and whether or not people enjoy reading my work.

Over and out.