Special Olympics 2013

TC had his first special olympics meet last week. He had a great time!

Sara took this picture of him with his medals.

He has several more meets and I will be attending one on April 10th.

Spring Break

The kids are on spring break after this week...woot!!!

I was so proud of TC this week, I got a letter from the principal stating he received the award for student of the 6 weeks.  I can hardly believe the difference in him since school started. Now that he knows the days of the week, he realizes after 5 days, it's the weekend!  This morning he was singing the Friday song...one he made up. So Cute!!

I am taking off next Friday so we can go do something as a family. I would love to go to the new museum in Dallas but I need to go online and see the prices/times.

I just know I am excited about getting to sleep a little later all next week!
Don't forget to set your clocks up one hour!

Update on little man

It is now 2013 and so far it has been okay. If it weren't for this crazy weather here in Texas. TC has consistently been having problems with his asthma. Cold, warm, rainy, warm, cold and on and on. Vicious cycle!

TC is doing well and really pays attention to everything and I mean EVERYTHING. We passed by a house the other day and he said, "Wow mom, that grass is so green, don't you wish our grass was green like that?" I had to agree, but we have almost 5 acres so there is no way to keep it green with this weather. Plus,we cannot afford to water it all!!

I know he is smart but he still struggles to learn to read. He knows certain words by sight and can spell them but he gets very frustrated at times.

He is adjusting to Sara having a job even though he misses her. Last night she played Av#atar on the wii with him and they had fun. I can hardly believe she will be a senior next year. ((tear))

Tc is also very independent now. He takes it upon himself to get into the shower and he cleans his own fingernails. This is a big deal because he used to cry every night about taking a shower. My hubby has taught him so much about hygiene. I cut his hair and we still have problems with trimming his toenails and fingernails but we get it done (sometimes they look like dragon nails and it's a fight but it is what is is). 

Tc is a joy. I could not ask for a bigger blessing. He is funny, handsome, precious and loving. I cannot imagine life without him.

IEP

Yesterday was our yearly ARD (IEP) for TC. I went to the school hoping it would go well. He is in a new school this year.

I received some really great feedback from all of his teachers. One commented that he will make noises in class and she has to redirect him at times. They all stated he is very polite and if he misbehaves, he is quick to apologize. He is completing his work without fussing so that is also a good thing.

I feel the meeting went well. We are going to implement the same things next year for 6th grade.

I came into work after the meeting and my manager automatically was chewing on me. I swear some days I want to walk up out of this job and tell her to kiss my butt. I was prepared to give it right back to her this morning but she isn't even here yet!!!!

Hope everybody is safe and warm. The weather is crazy (as usual) here in Tx. Cold in the morning, and then warm by the afternoon!

Rough start

Yesterday was  a Monday for sure! TC's bus came early, so we missed it.  Then he cried and was highly upset because I had to take him to school. Not a good way to start the day.

It was sleeting as well.

My coworker called in so my boss was up my butt all day long yesterday.
Ugh.

Then I went home and TC and hubby were into it over TC talking about guns. He has a video game he plays and that will be NO MORE. He can't understand fake from real and he starts talking about shooting things, etc.

I went to bed at 8:30 pm.

We made it to the bus on time today and the driver apologized for being so early yesterday. I told her that he had a rough day all because he didn't catch the bus as normal. (She is the director over special needs so she was very apologetic...as she should have been!)

Then it was sleeting/raining on my way to work and road conditions were BAD. So I was a little late (15 minutes). My coworker came in an hour late and she lives in the town where we work and I don't. But oh, well.

Have a happy week!

2013

We are now in 2013!
TC really enjoyed Christmas and his time off from school.

He is becoming very curious and articulate and has been asking a lot of questions.  For instance, he is very curious about everybody's "responsibilities".  We have talked many times about the fact that he has to go to school and that is his job. Just like hubs and I have jobs we have to go to each day.

TC is also realizing there are 5 days in the week and how many days he has left til'  the weekend. This is a very cool thing for me because it is hard to explain to a kid  about the week/weekend when he doesn't grasp the concept of a calendar and how the days work.

There are still hard days, I won't lie but things are getting a little easier, for the most part.

We have an iep coming up on January 22nd. I am hoping it goes well.

 

 

 

We went to Oklahoma yesterday to see my Mom. TC had so much fun, he cried when we had to leave.

 

We swam in the indoor pool as well. :)