2nd Week of School

I was very concerned about how this second week of school was going to play out. We were making so much progress by the end of the first week, and then we had to have a three day weekend. Well, turns out Isaac must love this school because Tuesday came and I only had to walk him into the office and then he went the rest of the way to his class. The even more shocking thing is that it was his decision, he told me what he was going to do. Wednesday and Thursday went even better. I didn't even have to get out of the car. I drove up and dropped him off just like all the other parents. WOW!!! He has never, ever, ever, got this comfortable with a new school, so quickly, and he's had to switch schools a few times. This has been so nice. Last year I fought with Isaac to go to school almost the entire year. He missed most of his last 3 weeks of school because of stomachaches and throwing up every morning. Now if I can just get him off his video games and all electronics at home long enough to just listen to what I say to him.

I've been talking so much about Isaac, which there is so much to talk about, but now a little about my 7 year old Michael. He is not as difficult as Isaac, but he is also definitely a challenge. Michael was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD. Michael's OCD is shown by a slight germ phobia(he won't even let Isaac pour his milk because he may touch the milk and get his germs in it), and the most difficult part is he HAS TO HAVE his clothing super tight. I really don't know how he breaths. I have to retie his shoes constantly because they are never tight enough. He will only wear a certain pair of socks that they don't sell anymore in the stores, and he pulls these socks up all the way up to his knees. He looks kinda silly when he wears shorts. According to him he has said in the past that he feels if his socks fall down the house will burn down. Classic OCD!  The only pants he will wear are Wranglers, and they have to be pretty much painted on, which is very hard to get because he has such long legs, the waist never fits him right with the length. His clothing issues have gotten slightly better since he was put on anxiety meds, but some days are worse than others. This summer we started him on ADHD meds, which are helping him in school a lot. We just found out yesterday that he is the highest reader in his class. He tested at the 3rd grade level, and in math he tested at the 2nd grade level 9th month, WOW! So proud of him.

Both my kiddos are so so smart. Both will be tested to get in the GT program this year. But I worry about Isaac more as he is getting older. Isaac just does not understand things as easy as the other kids do. Just the other day, he was throwing one of his fits at home because he didn't understand what to do with his math homework. Surprisingly he let me help him, normally the paper get crumbled and thrown on the floor or torn up. He told me he didn't listen to the instructions in class. Hey, at least he was honest. He said, "My brain tells me not to listen, it argues with me about listening." Oh, the things he says sometimes. I guess I will be talking to the DR. about putting him back on his ADD meds. When he was younger he couldn't pay attention in class because he couldn't get Pokemon out of his head. His psychologist at the time told him that in school he needed to pretend he had a remote and switch channels in his brain. Sounds great, but is not gonna work with Isaac, and it didn't. We got over that, and then he started counting in his head when he was supposed to be listening to the teacher. That was in third grade. Can we say OCD! Yep both kids are a little obsessive! Since Isaac really doesn't know how to explain things to me, he could be doing this again rather than just not listening, I'm not sure. He is not an easy read.