Tad’s heart really does belong in the art studio.  We have a unique set-up for him this year.  He helps out his previous teacher, Teacher E, with her class of much younger students on Monday afternoons.  He helps prep projects and does whatever other handy work she asks him to do. I often hang around […]

When Tad is in a good mood these days, it’s pretty nice.  (We are in full moody teenager mode lately, so when he brightens up, he’s actually pretty pleasant.) Yesterday, he stopped at the grocery store with me, and was helping me load up the conveyor belt at checkout. He decided it would be the […]

Thumper is our only child to attend all-day kindergarten, and boy, is he feeling it. He’s crashing in the car, he’s falling asleep at the dinner table… he’s just plain ol’ TIRED at the end of the day. I thought that last year – when he was attending preschool for the “extended day” program – […]

Thumper is getting adjusted to his new school plus therapy schedule.  I have to take him out of school three days a week to accommodate his ABA schedule, but fortunately most of his therapy appointments are now at home. While ABA is still familiar, it’s a lot of work.  And add in the new environment […]