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Lizze and I had a very low key evening last night. After dropping the boys off at my parents house we went to the grocery store and grabbed some necessities. We also picked up a few things for dinner as well. Lizze was not feeling well last night and fell asleep on the couch while watching Netflix.. She's still sleeping at 10 am this morning. I got up to let the dogs out and eat breakfast. I don't know when the boys will be home so right now, it's all about getting some rest. Hopefully, Lizze will be feeling better today.
My Mom called this morning and wanted to know if it would be already if they picked up Elliott and Emmett tonight. They wanted to take them to get pumpkins and than carve them. She also wanted to know if they could spend the night. Like I had to think about that one. ;-) I was like absolutely! Not only will the boys have fun but we will get an extremely rare night without any kids. Unfortunately, we can't afford to go out right now but maybe we'll throw something on the grill and settle in to watch some King of The Hill. Hey, a break is a break. Lizze and I are very grateful to both sides of our family for all their help. :-)
I met with the school this morning to go over Elliott's IEP. We discussed where Elliott is and what he needs help with. We spoke about my personal goals for Elliott future. As it turns out, Elliott is doing extremely well. He's either at or exceeding what he should be doing and that's so good to hear. I'm not really surprised by hearing all these positive things about Elliott and I'm filled with pride. The one thing that he really needs to work on is his writing. He still transposes certain letter and numbers. It not dyslexia but he has this need to write his letters from the bottom up, instead of top to bottom. His teachers think that's what's causing the confusion for him. He is however, resistant to…
At least for today, I'm in a really bad place. My stress level is such that I'm not sleeping and my coping skills are not as effective anymore. On occasion, I become so stressed that I can no longer focus on the things that really matter. Instead, I begin noticing things that I don't have or once had. For the record, I'm not proud of this but it's how I'm left to cope. For example. There are things that I have always done for myself, sorta like a tradition. I have upgraded to a new Samsung Galaxy S phone, on launch day. Since I do almost all of my work from my mobile phone, I benefit from improvements as does my blog. The only other thing that I always, always…
The boys are having a good day, at least if this morning was any indication. Elliott went off to school in a good mood. Emmett has also been doing okay this morning as well. It seems that the more time that passes, the better off they are. Hopefully this will be a growing trend.
In about 2 hours, I will be meeting with the school and working on Elliott's IEP. I know that even saying the word IEP can turn your stomach because it came be a nightmare. However, Summit Academy has made it a painless and stress free process. I'm sooooooo incredibly grateful for that. I went through this process with the public schools and it was horrible. I'll let you all know how it goes. :-)
Last night, Elliott's school had something called Mad Scientist Night.The theme was candy. Basically, the teachers used candy to teach kids science. It was pretty cool. Elliott and Emmett had a blast and the turn out was really good. I got to meet many of Elliott's friends from school. It seemed like every time I turned around, someone was calling to get Elliott's attention. As his father, it feels really good to see him interacting with his friends. It's nice to know that Elliott is so liked. :-) Emmett did really well there and learned quite a bit. He was so cute and so interested in what they were showing him. My Mom wanted to go as well so she met us out there and totally surprised the boys. It…