One IEP meeting down, one to go.  For this week, anyway. Thumper is going to kindergarten.  Still trying to wrap my mind around that one. Apparently, where he goes to kindergarten is the big question.  I assumed he would go to Tad’s previous elementary school.  Apparently, he is supposed to go to yet another totally […]

Thumper, as a general rule, has not been very good at “pretend play.”  He is a very grounded little boy.  When he plays with a thing, it is whatever that thing is.  A phone is a phone.  A block cannot be a phone.  A spoon cannot be a wand.  Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. […]

Me: “Ane, how do you feel about living on the edge today?” Ane: (slowly) “I would be open to that…” Me: “When I say ‘living on the edge,’ I mean taking Thumper to the mall in underwear instead of a Pull-Up.” Ane: (eyes wide) “Yeah, let’s not do that.” For the record, we went forward […]

I had a parent-teacher conference a little over a week ago for Thumper.  You may not be able to believe it, but he is turning FIVE next month, which means he is going into kindergarten in the fall. I can hardly believe it either.  I’m going to have a kindergartener and a high school freshman […]