updates - and all about the new school!

Update #1: Matthew is finally better. It's been a long 6 days, and no one is more relieved that he is I think.
Today he bounded out of bed and was back to his usual mischief oriented self. Huzzah!!

Update #2: Duncan has his multidisciplinary assessment tomorrow. Hopefully I'll actually have something to blog about, and I won't hear any of that "We don't know anything without further testing" kind of crap. He's almost 5 so it should be more definitive than Matthew's first assessment at 2.

We made muffins this morning. This is lots of fun with 3 little boys. They all want to take turns mixing, but more than anything else, they all want to sample the chocolate chips to make sure they are good enough to put into our muffins.
they all did a lot of sampling this morning, but hey, that's part of the fun of making chocolate chip muffins.
We all had warm chocolate chip muffins to eat today - they were a big hit.

Onto the new school news.

They finally opened the doors to our brand new elementary school. It's only 500ft away, so it's only a 5 minute walk (15 minutes with 3 kids) and oh is it ever nice. They held an open house yesterday, so we could see where our kids are now attending.
They were really thinking when they built this school - it's so modern and lovely.
Gone are the instutional grey speckled 12 x 12 tile floors, instead, lovely rectangular tiles, arranged in a geometric pattern, much like you see in a modern shopping mall. The front lobby is bright and spacious, with oversized picture windows and a skylight to allow maximum daylight.
The front lobby has the main office on the left, the kindergarten rooms on the right, and the elevator right in the middle. Yes, an elementary school with an elevator. Across the hall from the kindergarten rooms is the huge gymnasium, with 6 basketball nets, and a large stage.
I love this school. they even have 15 designated kindergarten parent parking spots, located right in front of the kindergarten entrance.

Duncan had his first day in the new school yesterday - His teacher said he did absolutely terrific. This was wonderful news, as he doesn't tend to cope very easily with change - except that it was all changes for the better. A bigger classroom, complete with private bathrooms, waterfountains and all new toys. New round tables, new sandbox, new watertable, new kitchen set.
I think he did so well because everything had changed for the better. bigger room, means less crowding. Oversized windows means natural light as opposed to those hideous flourescent abominations so prevalent in schools.

The new school is SO nice, that I think even Matthew will have a relatively easy transition next year when he starts kindergarten (oh, boy, that is coming up soon! I have to register him next week!)