So, to catch up since my last post in July...
Noah has started school at Montessori Academy, a private/charter school located in Paradise Valley, AZ. MA has classes from P-K to 8th grade, and they are working on creating the first Montessori High School in the State of Arizona. Noah is currently in P-K and attends class with 4, 5 and 6 yr olds. He is the only child with Down syndrome in the school, and it has been a very positive experience. We hired a full time tutor to attend school with Noah, and she is the most amazing angel! She works with Noah as well as the other kids in class. Noah has many friends and they all want to "work" with him during study time. He truly is quite the celebrity! I am so very proud of him!!! Here is a little photo montage of his first day at school...
Montessori Academy...
Uniform... Check!
Backpack... Check!
Lunchbox... Check!
"Let's Gooo!!"
The morning begins with Circle Time...
Time for "work"...
Good concentration!!!
School is Exhausting!!!
We adjusted very well to school, our new schedule, and adding in our therapies as well. In the fall we were attending school, then going to speech therapy four times a week, and swimming twice a week. (plus I'm supposed to fit in my program daily with NACD... oh yeah...Balance... isn't that the key... Balance)!
Before we knew it, Noah's 5th birthday was here!!!
On September 29, 2011, our little man turned five years old!!! We celebrated with a music party with 30 of our closest friends and family! It truly was a wonderful celebration, and the best part of the day was when Noah looked at me, and without uttering a single syllable, he thanked me! I could see the pure joy and happiness exuding from his soul... and he knew... This was a Party for HIM!!! Thank you Dear Lord for the greatest blessing of all... Pure gratitude from my little man!!!!!!
Happy 5th Birthday Noah Bryce!!!
The next thing you knew, we were into October... Although the weather was still in the triple digits for many weeks into the harvest month, we were able to celebrate a little dressing of the goblins and dancing of the witches... Noah decided to truly make a statement this year...
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"!!!
Now here we are... middle of December. Where has the time gone? Hopefully the memories are imbedded into a disk, a drive, a memory stick somewhere... Time is precious... days, hours, moments... they fly by, forever gone and never to be replayed. This lesson of life, of a very fast and forward moving life, hopefully will teach us all one important and vital lesson...
Enjoy Every Moment! For only God knows how many of those precious moments we have left to share, to laugh and to cherish...
Wishing all my friends, in blogging world, mobile world and tangible world, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!
In Peace and Friendship in sharing my most precious treasures...
God Bless and see you in 2012!!!
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