First day of school today for us. After having a lot of troubles with his teachers and schools over the past two years, Aidan was really dreading going back today. But he ended up having such a GREAT day!! He loves his new teacher and had a good impression of the new principal too, and both kids loved that their classrooms are only two doors apart. Aidan reported feeling much better than he expected and his relief was palpable! He said “it just feels like a nice fresh start” and was literally skipping around and singing all afternoon and evening. I am SO grateful we are off on the right foot!! And I’m really proud of Aidan that he could allow for a positive experience today, after all the difficulties he’s faced at school.

Brooke, of course, made it all look easy, despite the fact that she’s on high levels of steroids and two other chemotherapy drugs this week that take quite a toll on her (extreme fatigue, hunger, and emotional sensitivity). I hovered around campus all day in case she needed to bail out, but she was totally fine. Until we got in the car to come home that is, then it was meltdown city! I think the little pixie was really holding it together for school. She did so great!! She’ll be off this particular chemo cocktail by next week and won’t have to repeat it until November. She also got a great teacher and is in the same class as her good friend that she met in the Spring.

All things considered, this day really couldn’t have gone any better!! Yay!!!