Kindergarten Here We Come

Hello,
I have to first start off with our day at the beach. A thank you to Debbie and Mike who hosted us for a day in Marshfield. The boys were so excited to hang to with Michael and Maggie and Colby learned how to Boogie board and 'dive' the waves. Nick was more chill and played with maggie on the swingset. It was a great way to end the summer. This summer has gone by so fast and I am sure many people agree, although it has been different this year, we really enjoyed every non-rainy minute we could.

Colby and Nicholas started school on Monday. Colby is in 1st grade and Nick started Kindergarten. If we think back to about 10 months ago we never would have thought Nick would be able to go to kindergarten. We are so proud of him and how strong he has been through the harsh treatments. Sunday night, Greg and I were so happy to have the boys asleep by 8:30pm. Unfortunately it did not last to long, Nick woke up with extreme back pain. Greg was up with him most of the night trying to ice pack his back and giving him some medicine. We think the pain was from his spinal and just coming off steroids. He was still in a lot of pain on Monday morning. We told him it was okay to skip school today, but what 5 year old wants to miss their first day of school. He was so determined to take the bus and get to school, he just dealt with the pain and off he went. It was wonderful to see both our boys get on the bus and have an awesome first day. Colby came home to tell us that: "He does not have homework, but Greg and I do." I picked Nick up from school and headed to clinic after. He was very tired but everyone at clinic were walking around and congratulating Nick on his first day of school. (I think he wanted to be left alone and rest.... but he deserved the spotlight). We are off for another eventful day. Nick is feeling much better today. Take care and good luck to all the kids starting school. Karen