back to school after vacation

This week my grandpa Cal passed away so we took a trip to Salt Lake City to be with family and attend the funeral. We decided to go spend a few extra days with Grandma  and other family since we were making the trip which resulted in Calvin missing a few days of school.  Since we had a good routine and he was enjoying class we were very sorry that he would have to miss school, but weighing our options decided it would just have to be as it was most important for us to go to Salt Lake.

Great Grandpa Cal and little Calvin 2004

As many grandpas do, our Grandpa Cal has a special place in our heart, of course!  His name is Calvin -- we named our first son, Calvin after him.

Today Calvin went to school again after sleeping in the car from 9pm-1:30am and then being put in bed. His teacher called to say that he had a great day back which was very good news and a small miracle in some ways. We had worried so much that going on vacation would get him out of his good routine.

Also, Calvin did pretty well on vacation which was also a huge blessing. (our vacation to DC in October was much more difficult).  I think the pace of the vacation was easier for Calvin since all we did was sit around and visit. We did do a short tour of BYU and one short tour of temple square but other than that it was very low key which was good for Calvin.

All in all, I am feeling blessed and happy that things are going forward. I can't say things are smooth. It is still kind of crazy, but at least it is survivable and seems to be getting stable.

We have a few goals we are working on.
1. The bus - After Calvin gets 10 days in a row of riding the bus to and from school (so far he has 3), he will get a kindle fire.
2. not swearing - I think we have had a swearing goal ongoing for a couple of years. Currently Calvin works about a week at a time to earn various rewards. Right now he's trying to get a star wars piano book. There was a lot of swearing on the trip so we will probably start fresh and hope to get the swearing under control.   His favorite swear word right now is the H word.  This is preferable to the F and B words which were his favorite for many months!!