So last week, I wrote about what my son, Newt, was like as a young child and what led us to get him tested for autism. This week, I'll give you the not-so-brief rundown of what we ended up doing for school and what we didn't do for therapy. On the day he was diagnosed [...]
We're a family of three, not four this week (or four, not five, if you count the dog). Newt, our 10-year-old, is away for two nights with his classmates at a wilderness camp. At Lake Tahoe. In the snow. Fortunately he's not snow camping (because that's only for crazy people). They're in cabins with heat [...]
One thing I love about our kids' school is that because they're a charter, they can do crazy assignments whenever something interesting comes up. The other day, my son, Newt, came home looking like he'd won the lottery because his teacher had signed him up for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). If you're an adult, [...]
So yesterday I was lucky enough to come across this post from Grass Oil by Molly Field. This is worth a read for two reasons: one, it's a serious, cautionary, Worst Mom Tale (and by that I mean "worst" in the best way possible -- you know, kind of how "bad" and "phat" somehow got [...]
So I'm back in the saddle. At least that's the plan. Research shows that if a person smiles, it actually causes her brain to think she's happy. So in keeping with that theory, I'm just concentrating on doing what I do best -- writing, complaining, yelling at the kids -- in an attempt to start [...]
So after more than three weeks of mini-hell, we walked the kids back into their old school today. They were greeted like heroes coming back from the war. The only thing missing was the swell of orchestral music in the background. We're picky when it comes to school. Like, super, uber picky. If I weren't [...]
So the kids had their end-of-school celebration today, which included graduation ceremonies for the kindergarten and 8th grade. I've never been big on the whole kindergarten graduation (for reasons you'll see below), but the other day, I saw something that really pushed me over the edge:Seriously? What's next -- "You got out of bed this [...]
Sunday started out so well. The kids and I slept in (my husband’s working -- lately it feels like that’s all he does). The kids ate dry cereal for breakfast so I didn’t even have to make anything. And I read the paper while they read books. It was dreamy.Photo by PartlySunnyThen I gave them [...]
Meet Mommy2¢. She's compiled an entire list of reasons why she's the World's Worst Mom to her 4 and 6-year-old kids. You can read about all of her other shortcomings and other riotous stuff at her blog, Mommy2¢.I’ve done a real bang-up job in the past couple weeks as a parent. I wish I were [...]
My 8-year-old son, Newt, is back in school and fighting aliens. As in space aliens. It's a big job that he and a couple friends have taken on. And it's a darn good thing because the aliens have secretly landed and are planning to do lord only knows what to the hapless peoples of earth.So [...]
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