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WWBT?

What would Barbie think of this use of her Magna-Doodle? 10.12.09 -- E-man likes to work out new concepts in writing, that is, after testing them out on the neighbors
Normalizing Relations

Two weeks ago, our 7-year-old son was invited to a neighborhood birthday party. He waited in line with the rest of the kids for his cake and ice cream, then the birthday boy's dad asked him what he would like to drink. …
It was a Green Day, but he's no American Idiot!

I don't know, is there much more I can say? After a rough few weeks, I was relieved to hear E-man tell me at afternoon pick-up that he had a Green Day today! While his shadow and the ABA supervisor gave me their report…
Seeing Red

Now that I have four kids in school full-time, I definitely have detected the disciplinary flavor-of-the-month: Green, Yellow, and Red Days. Here's the four word summary: Green = Good Red = Bad E-man had his sixth …
Difficult decision made... check.

I hated to do it, especially because in the short-term it meant a big whopping tantrum that would overshadow the whole of dinner. Oh, but wait... he had been throwing big whopping tantrums off and on ever since he got h…
WWTD?

It's been awhile. I hardly remember how to think past the limited number of characters allowed in a facebook status update. So, just to try this thing out again, here's something I wrote last week that I want to keep a…
Good Read

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko I saw this book sitting on the floor in the living room Sunday afternoon. Although my first intent was to pick it up along with the other clutter lying around, I did ins…
"When *I* was your age. . .

. . . our parents didn't ponder all these fancy-schmancy educational options like the parents of today do. They just handed us our lunchboxes, told us "Now, don't forget to walk home with your sister," and sent us off t…
OK, so I'm blogging today, but I don't want to forget about this article...

Feds admit vaccine 'aggravated' autism Critics: Ruling major concession after years of government denials I don't know anything about the web source, WorldNetDaily, but I knew a decision like this had to happen …
Family Portrait

This portrait was created by E-man (5) earlier this week. Given how his "issues" impact his writing and drawing skills, I was surprised to see this in his backpack. It makes me happy. And I think we're all in the…