Long time...

Blue is soothing...and I need blue today...preferably in the form of a beautiful ocean. But back to my reality! It's been a while, and things have been crazy. I have school, the kids are in kindergarten, my husband works non-stop it seems, and I take care of literally everything...it's getting old. Anyways, today I went to parent teacher conferences for our kids. Our son is doing great. They call him exceptional. He is incredibly intelligent. He still has some melt downs in class, but they have put measures in place to keep him from breaking down. He needs a strict schedule or he flips out kinda. So they are doing well with him and they think he is adjusting well! Then there is our daughter, who in the space of 24 hours pulled two of her own teeth. Busy tooth fairy in our area. Our daughter isn't doing well in school. Her and her brother have separate teachers and the teachers do things very differently. Our daughter's teacher seems to think that she doesn't need to give our daughter the extra help and attention. The aid in my son's class helps him stay focused. Our daughter's aid apparently sits on her thumbs. When Audrey gets up and wanders off into her own little world, the teacher and the aid aren't helping. They are complaining to me that she is "severe" (which they have NO AUTHORITY to determine) and won't focus. She won't answer the questions she is asked. She renamed herself (like over a year ago, hello), and she is a fairy princess in a make believe world (sometimes her world seems more fun and better than reality, I'd want to stay there too.) So why is it my job to fix these things?? I take the kids to a great institute, I do my best at home to teach them (and yes, she is more unfocused and has difficulty listening and understanding), but if I am supposed to be the one to teach my children and everyone else give up I might as well home school her!!! I mean, seriously! The teacher acted like teaching my daughter or trying to get her to focus was too much of a chore! I really just wanted to slap her. That was my thought. I think we are just gonna try and get the kids on SSI and then save it for private school. And in the meantime I am gonna try and get our daughter on ADHD medication. Maybe that will help. I sure hope it does. I REFUSE TO LET THEM HOLD MY CHILD BACK!! She is a bright, fun, passionate little girl. She has the ability to learn and she loves to play and pretend and draw and create! She's my little Picasso. I just wonder sometimes if these older teachers just need to be sacked and bring in the newer teachers. My son has a young teacher, and my daughter an old teacher. It really bothers me. Anyone have any other suggestions? My husband even thought that maybe we should switch school districts...Oh, and we have court next week for the home invasion. The guy is in jail and now just awaiting trial. I am nervous as heck! Well, gotta run, I have a house to clean, groceries to buy, and hair to pull out...Oh, did I type that last one out loud ;)