School Starts Soon!

Will is going to be starting 'school' this fall and it will be here before we know it!  His teacher came to the house earlier this week to meet Will and I and she was very sweet.  He will be going to Early Intervention School two days a week for about three hours in the morning.  He will be attending the Childhood League Center and will get all of his therapies there in place of his home based therapies.  The classroom he is in is all 12-36 month old kiddos and 4 of them are special needs 4 are typically developing.  So he will have a great chance to play with kids of all abilities while he receives therapy!  The organization is great and if I haven't put up their website before it is... http://www.childhoodleague.org/ .  It is a privately funded organization but Will's tuition will be covered by the county.  We feel very lucky to have Will attend school here since it is hard to get into.  It has adorable little person classrooms, each with separate observation rooms and packed full of toys and activities.  It has both an outdoor play gym and an indoor gym.  It also has separate therapy rooms and a gathering place for families.  It is hard to imagine him being sent off to school but I can't imagine a better place for him to be!
Now for a quick update on what Will has been doing this summer.  I am so happy to report that Will FINALLY passed a hearing test!  So, at least for now, Will does not need any hearing aids.  I have never doubted that he hears us, but he just could not pass that test!  Everyone at the audiologist office was very happy for Will.
Will has also been taking a music class this summer.  It too is a great organization called We Joy Sing and their website is... http://www.wejoysing.com/ .  He was pretty shy the first class and mostly observed the other children.  This week however he was much more into it.  He clapped his hands, and beat on the drum and really liked to ring the triangle although he was also a fan of throwing the striker for the triangle on the ground.  He has been slapping his hands on his knees to the beat of the music on the radio where ever we go since last week:)
In the last several weeks Will has gone to the pool with the Brown's, attended Uncle Jake's graduation party, gone to a Brough family wedding, hung out with Grandma and Grandpa Crandall at the fair and will be starting swim lessons next week and going to another wedding this weekend.  He is a very busy little man!
Please remember to sign up to walk with Will at our second Columbus Buddy Walk.  The walk is 9.18.11 at Columbus Crew Stadium.  It is a lot of fun and means a lot to us to have people come and walk with us and support Will.  Register or donate at... http://www.columbusbuddywalk.org/ .  Thank you!!!