This week is finally coming to a close!  After yesterday, I certainly am glad of that.  I spent most of yesterday with Grandma and Gichan, after leaving my minivan for repairs, and having to borrow their minivan to pick up Tad after school.  Thankfully, the van is now fixed – I can’t be without wheels!  […]

Well, this is it.  Our carefully crafted schedule for the month of July ends today with the summer school session. It has been a little strange, sending him off in the morning, getting him back in the afternoon, and not having any regular contact with his teacher or the support staff.  I got so used […]

When the kids went back to school after Thanksgiving break last year, Tad’s teacher noted something that I had been saying for years. Tad regresses.  A lot.  And it happens primarily over Thanksgiving and Christmas vacations.  It’s as if he completely forgets what social behaviors are for, and school routines, and goes through a strange […]

Today is Tad’s last day of kindergarten.  Tomorrow will Ane’s last day of first grade. I’m actually quite ready for Ane to move on.  Tad… not so much.  I visited a CLC first/second grade classroom yesterday with one of the vice-principals at Tad’s school, and was pleased with the skill set that they are promoting […]