Sunday, October 26, 2008

GUESS WHO IS THE NEWEST MEMBER AT WYATT'S SCHOOL?

I'll give you a hint. She is whiteish/beige, has soulful amber eyes, is well behaved and is Wyatt's best friend. Emily would be a really good guess, but this friend has much more hair!


Meet the newest member of fourth grade...our very own Rexie! She starts tomorrow during lunch recess to have all the kids familiarize themselves with our furry family member. She will be attending lunch recess for the first week, then the second week will include lunch recess and an hour of class. The third week, Rexie will find herself in class all afternoon, supporting her boy through his toughest part of the school day. There are a few people who were wonderful facilitators to the integration process. Both the principal and the paster were really good with the problem solving pieces. The classroom aide is the one person who has no vested interest in this, and yet she is the one who came forward and volunteered to help Wyatt "handle" Rexie while they are at school! God bless Amy! Rexie will follow Wyatt's commands without a problem. Wyatt has the issue of not using good judgement (big surprise -kind of goes with is impulsivity issues). As a result, Rexie may follow him down the path that "rocks" as opposed to the path of rightousness! Amy will help by acting as the Jiminy Cricket of the pair. The other people who helped us get this far were YOU!! All of the wonderful praying people who realize that our W is an amazing kid with some extra challenges! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

How we see our son...



You know, there are people out there who believe that our son was built "incorrectly" and there is something "wrong" with him. He is definitely fearfully and wonderfully made, however, we also realize that he is built differently. He does not see the world in the same grids and matrices that we categorize everything into.

When we started to discuss Halloween costumes for our kids, Wyatt initially said that we should all go as dogs, and Rexie should dress as a dog catcher. I think that is pretty darn clever! Eventually Wyatt came to the conclusion that he should dress as a scientist - since he is going to be one anyway! The picture above shows part of his costume for Halloween. Rexie will be dressed as his faithful assistant, complete with bow tie and lab coat!

We are still working at getting Rexie to attend school with Wyatt. It seems there is NOT ONE other service dog in the county, nor the surrounding counties, so the principal and school board are attempting to find some sort of "service dog protocol" to follow to integrate her into the classroom. She really hasn't been "denied" access, she has been "stalled" in her classroom integration at this point. We have another meeting on Tuesday. I am so thankful for the legion of praying people who are helping us out with this. We cannot thank you enough!