Andy has been working with their school’s drama department on learning how to run lighting for performances. Tonight was the talent show and Andy ran the one of the spotlights for the show. There were two kids on spotlights and Andy did a really nice job of running their spotlight. I hung out and watched the talent show just so I could watch andy do their thing. One week from tonight we’ll be back in the cafeteria for the band concert and we’ll get to see Andy and their trombone.
Tonight was back to school or family night at Brennan for Andy. We all went to check out the school and meet Andy’s teachers. There was a presentation int he cafetorium and then we went to the classroom area for a teacher presentation. There was also a choir song in the front lobby. Everyone that we met was very nice. Andy enjoys their teachers and the enjoy Andy. We’ve received some very nice emails from the teachers regarding Andy. It is nice to see Andy thriving and making friends.
We met one of Andy’s friends and her mom. We had actually known who the mom was because we used to walk each morning and see the mom and her dog. So, we actually finally formally met her. They live around the corner from us and Andy and the daughter are going to walk home together tomorrow. Andy had better put on running shoes because Maia likes to be the first out the door of the school at the end of the day.
Andy has also been enjoying the trombone. We rented one for Andy for the start of the school year, but a family friend posted that they were selling one and I caught the Facebook post and snatched it up for a great price. Allison took this photo and sent to me while I was with Eva at Jr. Krav. The caption was “Our neighbors are gonna hate us.” Andy was not at Jr. Krav because Andy decided that it is not longer something that they’d like to do. Last week Andy did sparring for the first time and that triggered some very panicky moments. Not a full on panic attack but some major anxiety over sparring. This Tuesday Andy and Eva worked together for the class and I could tell that something was bothering Andy. We discussed it and decided that Andy could withdraw from Jr. Krav. We’ll double up on Rock climbing and each Tuesday and Thursday when I take Eva to class Andy will practice the trombone. We’re also encouraging Andy to get involved with some school clubs once they start up in October.
After the Back to School night we went to Bliss because it was late and also because there was a fund raiser for Brennan there that night.
