I just left everybody hanging on our road trip, didn’t I? Life gets in the way sometimes, but I will get the whole trip posted eventually. Here’s part two: We’ve made road trips by camping as a family before, but that was many years ago. We’ve camped more recently as a family using a popup camper, […]
Category Archives: Kender
A’Kos Goes to Disney, Part One: The Planning
We’ve had a timeshare since before we had kids. I grew up in a traveling timeshare family and really liked it as a kid, so I pushed for the some experience for our own family. When we had triplets, and then three more kids, we constantly outgrew the units we owned, so we never used […]
Kender and School
It feels weird to be talking about Kender going to school. We’ve been homeschoolers for so long. It’s all about what’s best for the kids, though. In Kender’s case, right now, a group learning environment seems like the best choice. Although Kender is still making lots of progress, he still resists being directed and guided […]
Transformation and Perspective
One day last week, while hiding in the coat closet, Kender discovered our old vacuum cleaner. It’s been hiding there for many years, gathering coats instead of dust. He decided this was going to be his new toy, and he pulled it out, hauled it to the hallway, and plugged it in. Our first response […]
The Kender Report
It’s been a while, so I figured it was past time for another post on Kender. October was a busy time for us, with so many birthdays to celebrate. A’Kos also has made some new friends. He is just as happy to calm my friend’s autistic children as he is to work with Kender. He […]
A’Kos Visits the Renaissance
The Michigan Renaissance Festival is open for only one Friday each year. It is School Day, an opportunity for area schools to organize field trips in the name of history. Tickets are half price for groups that purchase in bulk ahead of time, coupon books provide a little food discount, and the actors tone down […]
The Kender Project: A Roundtable IEP
My first children were a set of triplets born at 26 weeks gestation, 14 weeks early. We went from happy young couple planning to start a family to being thrown straight into the crazy and confusing world of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, times three. Because they were both triplets and micropreemies, we got a […]
A’Kos Goes to School
I realized after we got home that I didn’t get any pictures of A’Kos and Kender today. I’ll have to remedy that next week! Today was A’Kos’ first trip to Foster where we have our homeschool co-op classes. Kender has been waiting to go back to Foster ever since the last term ended, and the […]
The Kender Report — Surgery Dog Edition
Yesterday afternoon I saw an older man and a little girl walking down the sidewalk next to a busy street. He had a walking stick with him, a little more than waist-high, with a leather loop hanging about halfway down. He moved slowly but steadily along in his yellow jacket, just out for a stroll. […]
Just Keep Swimming
I feel like I should be about due for a pontificating post at this point, but I am so very, very tired and achy right now that I can’t do it. I can’t do any research on anything, I can’t think out logical arguments, I can’t. I’m so tired that normally I would have been […]