Cha-Cha-Changes....

  Noah has come home EVERY SINGLE DAY this week in tears.  Full blown melt down. He has been obstinate, and argumentative.  That is not our Noah.   He does not want to return to school.  We listened to what he had to say, talked WITH him about what he wanted and decided that starting tomorrow he will only attend school for 1 hour a day.  He wants to go for choir, and art.  But, NOTHING else.  The half day is just not working for him.  To be honest it wasn't really working last year either.  Ian and I really wanted him to get the therapy that we think he needs.  There has to be a better way.  He has woken up the past 3 school days feeling sick, and looking for any way to stay home.  I mentioned to Ian last night that I think we needed to talk with Noah about what is going on.   The second my son said to me "mom, I feel stupid",  our decision was made.  Therapy be damned, we will just have to find another way to help him. 

We tried to stick with it. (yes, I know it is only the second week of school).  His teacher is an AMAZING teacher.  Noah enjoys being in his class, and says he wishes Mr. C could be his home school teacher.  The issue this year is not his teacher.  It wasn't last year.  Mrs. T was another wonderful teacher.  Noah realizes that he has difficulty.  He sees the difference he has with learning.  Kids can be cruel.  And, Noah will not be fodder for kids with a low self esteem. Our plan is to take it one year at a time.  This year, right now, this is what Noah needs.  Living overseas affords us the means to be able to focus on what all of our children need.  To be honest I feel better about it already. 

 Plus we will be spending our days doing things like this!