Cully Ventures out into the World without Mum or Dad

 Monday morning came and Cully's first school day began.  With his own backpack strapped on his back and a bunch of built up excitement, Cully stepped onto the school bus at the end of the drive and never looked back.  No fear at all.  Not so with Mum and Dad...  This being the first time to separate from our Cully we were a bit more than nervous.

  Cully returned home from school with a smile on his face and you could tell he felt ten feet tall as well. He was now a "Big Boy" like his brothers.  The note from his teacher in his backpack said that Cully had no tears and tried to participate with the rest of the group.

 WOW...

  The next morning Cully woke up, put his backpack on and then called mum while standing at the door ready to go to school... Cully was an hour early however..  After that hour passed and the bus pulled up to the drive Cully with all his brute strength pulled mum down the drive  as he rushed to get on board.

  A full week of school has passed and Cully has had no tears or issues at all. He sat in his highchair the other day singing a new song that he must have learned in class.

  Just in awe at Cully's progress.   We are over eight weeks still seizure free !

  We are very lucky to live in a district that truly has an amazing program for special needs and schooling that is unlike what we have seen elsewhere. The teachers and the board work with the children and parents rather than operating as a business. They have been instrumental in helping Cully progress from the very start..  I think that our district should serve as an example for the rest of the country. There is something to be said for a school system that knows its parents by first name and devotes numerous hours to each child. Not like the rest of our country where the ratio is one educator per some crazy number of students. And our teachers tend to spend their entire carrier in the district as well.