And the Braces are off!

Emmi's braces are now off.   She had a front tooth which was crooked and it was damaging the backs of the bottom teeth beneath it.   After the braces were first put on, we were amazed to the see that the tooth straighted out in about three or four days!   As you can imagine, she was pretty miserable during those first few days.  After that initial move, they were just making fine adjustments and letting the tooth settle into place.   No guarantees, but they are hoping that she won't need to have a second round. 

As you can see from the picture below, she was very happy to have them removed.  The orthodontists office gave her balloons and a bag of candy.  She also earned a gift card to Target and I took her to buy a toy, get cheesy popcorn and gum.  When we got home, she was very good girl and shared the chocolate with her brother and mother.  

Mixed Education Home

It has been a little while since my post, but since then we have come to the decision that it was best to enroll Emmi in the local public school this year.  You see, she struggles with dylsexia and short term memory/comprehension ability so to better equip her to be successful, we enrolled her in the local public school.  We believe that these issues are, at least in part, due to the fact that she had seizures as a baby. 

We all struggled a little bit during the first several weeks as we learned how everything works in this district. It's a lot different than when I was a kid way back in the 20th century!  She has made many new friends and, for the most part, enjoys school a lot.  She is a social butterfly and loves "the people" so her adjustment was not much of an issue at all.  Her classroom has done several little plays (classrooom only so we couldn't go watch) and she has had a couple of parts.  

 

Bentley often "helps" drop-off and pick-up Emmi at school.  She has her own little car seat and gets excited when she sees all of the kids. 

 

We tried to find Hunter a good fit, as well.  We sat in on one classroom for about 45 minutes and had several discussions with the district regarding what they offered children who have autism.  After much prayerful consideration, we felt it was in his best interests to keep him home for the time being.  His curriculum is on the computer and is very well done.  He is also thriving and enjoying being home with mama.