7.12 -- First day of ESY

I can't really post pictures from school...so instead you get a picture of Lucas and I playing Chutes and Ladders this evening. This was after we played Mousetrap, this fun robot game and Backyardigan Memory. Memory lead him to a HUGE meltdown because I won. Mousetrap he told me I was a HORRIBLE mommy because I landed on the space that said he had to give me three pieces of cheese. Is it awful that I was a little bit relieved when his dad got here to pick him up? However, it hasn't even been an hour since he left and I already miss him. I know he was EXHAUSTED from the weekend at his dad's house and that led to the meltdowns, but they drive me CRAZY!!!

Anyway, back to the actual topic of this blog. I showed up for ESY at 8:00 this morning (it starts at 8:30). When I arrived, I did not know where the buses planned to drop students off. I also was unable to log students on to complete this stupid reading program that their teacher based IEP goals on (which is TOTALLY illegal and STUPID), so I should be using it during ESY. However the computers did not cooperate and I was unable to log students on. SUPER! I had not planned a backup plan for their reading time. Apparently the universe worked in my favor, as my last bus didn't arrive until 9:25, and we missed reading time. However, it meant a trip to my real classroom to round up materials and to design lessons for these students for the next three weeks. Good times.

The other AWESOME part about today? I only knew four of the students I was assigned for ESY; two are from my class, one is from Jami's (my teaching partner) and one I had last summer. The other five I have never met and I have only received snippets of information from teachers. So, when the buses arrived I just read down the roster. So, I get to the second bus and read the roster. The bus driver says, "The only one I have is Milo" (or insert any other uncommon name you can think of here, as his name isn't really Milo). I claim the kiddo and we continue to wait for the next bus. I take all of the students inside and we complete our day. I keep thinking that "Milo" doesn't seem to match his IEP. The nurse comes in and brings me health care plans and medications for students. In this pile she has "Milo's" inhaler. I look at the picture on the medical plan...it sure doesn't look like him. At this point it is 11:15 (we get done at 11:30). I get on our IEP system online to check pictures. I find my "Milo"...he totally doesn't look like the "Milo" in my room. I look at the other "Milo"...yup, he belongs in the SCC classroom down the hall. OOPS! His teacher and I agreed that no one needed to know (hence I am blogging about it). Seriously...what are the chances of having two kids enrolled in ESY who have a super uncommon name and only one would show up the first day? It was a lovely day. What will tomorrow bring?

To add to the joy of my day...this is what my garage floor looks like: