First week of school tidbits

Monday was the first day of school. #3 was nervous and excited. #1 continued to fight the urge to assume the worst as last year was a terrible year. #2 her typical nervous and uncertain. She is my angel child at school, quite, reserved and helpful. #4 clueless as to what the day really would mean. Everyone got off to their designated places without chaos. #3 remaining to prove what a big man he is by carrying all his supplies and moving forward. He did hold my hand until we entered his classroom.
Day 2 more of the same with tired and slow pokes in the am. After school #2 informed me she is getting faster. I said really, she continued to explain that it was from chasing boys especially Jake. That would be the little boy who stopped me to state he liked her, really liked her. #1 also shared that he likes his teacher but he wishes he could fast forward to the last day of school. BUT you would have to slow to normal on party days, holidays, breaks and assemblies adding only the fun ones. Then he decided it would be best if there was a time machine to switch to the future that him and I (only I get to join him everyone else has to endure) could switch. Switch seemed confusing to me but he quickly explained that we would trade places with the future self so it would go to the past and we would be in the future. Lastly he added, "Or we could just makes clones...." trailing off in thought. If I didn't know better he had just finished reading the young adult book Sent that I was reading because there are tracers that do just that. Hmmm book idea to share with him I see.
Day 3 it all caught up and getting out the door was a real push. I had to wake every one of schools kiddos. In the small time between the older two's school and #3 he talked to me about dreams. He said he didn't have any until last night. "Someone keeps making movies in my head. I told God he needs to make them good ones because the bad ones are scary." I couldn't pull out what the scary ones were but complimented him on talking to God about it. His dream explanation took a life of its own. His stories tend to get larger and larger the longer you listen so hard to determine what the actual dream was or if he really even had one. He did have another headache today. This is the 3rd one this week, and a pattern of multiple times a week. We will have to watch how that goes.
Then the reality set in that #4 was alone all day because after dropping off #3 she said, "Ok we go my school now." I explained that her school was at home with me, she repeated home a few times and then agreed. When we entered the driveway she shouted, "Yeah my school." I ran with this idea creating her a work space with her age friendly items. She was pretty proud. I suppose we will start her home school material sooner than September.
Later at lunch with Daddy she clearly told me about her trip to Rural King with Daddy, her running away from him and then getting picked up and put in the cart. She told me how she got a soda with him too adding the word because for more drama. It is hard to fathom that she has such a vocabulary. She is learning the difference between yesterday and tomorrow. She will say something with either word and ask me right. I explain if it is or not and she repeats the correct answer appearing to be placing it in her memory. I need to push this year to focus with her on skills for short bursts throughout the day. I believe this will be my last year with this kind of time to work with her. I dropped the ball a bit more than I'd like to admit with #3. He could have been more prepared, but then again much more and he would have been bored this year so it goes with a grain of salt.
Either way I am encouraged for a year with a better outcome for especially #1 than last year. Plus, it is official neither Mike nor I have the extra chromosome. Too bad the appt for doctor speak isn't until Oct 28th. Knowledge is power folks, and I am believing this knowledge will help me to enlighten those in his life to further him in ways they couldn't see through my eyes alone. Time will tell.