The decorations are finally up!

It's been a very productive day for us today. Although it's been raining almost all day, we managed to visit Kennel Lane in the morning and then went to Bracknell town centre to get some Christmas cards. We had our coffee and tea at Waterstones (Bookstore - strange but the best coffee are always in a bookstore - wonder why?) and then to Longacre to get a wreathe, a Christmas tree and a few toys for Alex. Picked the boy up from nursery and back home to decorate the house. Didn't realise we did this much until I sat down to compose my blog.

What are our thoughts about Kennel Lane?

The facilities are amazing and the teachers are enthusiastic. There are plenty of space for the children to move about, a swimming pool shared by the Primary and the Secondary school. Sensory room, soft gym area, workstations and more. In short, there is nothing that we can find to complain about the school BUT ...... we cannot see Alex in this school.

Why? Because, the children that we saw today are all with severe learning difficulties. Perhaps as parents, we don't see our children like others but we know what we feel about the school and we know that if we place Alex in Kennel Lane, he will regress rather than progress. Although the facilities and support are there, we feel that mainstream school is more for Alex than a Special Need school.

Of all the schools and resource centre that we saw, we still feel that Rainbow is a better option. Unfortunately, they are not able to accept new pupils. I will try to speak to Neel and see if she could twist a few arms to get Alex in.

A rush of adrenalin ..... (I think)

As I said, we went to Bracknell town centre to get some Christmas cards. Went into WH Smiths and chose a few pack of cards - we took it slow and walk about the store and suddenly ...... the fire alarm rang and we were told to leave the unpaid items at the till and leave the Mall. I have never seen an evacuation so slow ..... people walked to the nearest exit and still window shopping. So, we went to the bookstore instead to get our coffee and cards from Clinton. Went back to the Mall an hour later to collect our car but still don't know what the drama is all about.

Lights lights lights

What do you do with a live Christmas tree? You decorate it and then decorate some more. We put up Christmas lights on the windows, along the gutter with running lights, on the Christmas tree and put the wreathe on the door. It looks good but we need more lights. I am going to B&Q to get more this week.

All in all, we have a dramatic and productive day!