May 24 2021
We’ve reached the final few days of what is probably the worst school year ever due to COVID. I’m so grateful that the boys made it through and that in person learning will resume full-time once again this fall. I’d prefer to never, ever do this again. This week is just fun stuff and a …
May 24 2021
Distance learning is a skill that, when mastered, opens routes to lifelong educational opportunities! Although our collective journey as parents of school-aged children has been bumpy on a global scale since March of 2020, we have all found ourselves making strides in our endeavors to accommodate our kids’ educational needs. Despite massive odds against all …
Apr 06 2021
Today was such a big day, especially for Emmett. I haven’t mentioned this in a little while because I wasn’t sure what was going to happen. Today was the moment of truth and here’s what happened. State testing is ridiculously mandatory this year, despite the pandemic. I have made my thoughts on that quite clear. …
Jan 11 2021
The kids had a mixed bag kind of day because life is just getting to be a bit much lately. I got the kids to school and we made it through the school day. I mean, it’s remote learning so we didn’t have to go very far but it can still be a challenge. Everyone …
Jan 07 2021
We’ve made it through the first week back at school and we’re doing pretty awesome. Emmett is completely current as is Elliott. This has been a challenge for autistic kids in regards to remote learning. I’ve spoken with tons of parents dealing with the same or worse. Lots of kids don’t even show up to …
Jan 05 2021
The boys had a great first day back at school, at least as far as remote learning is concerned. Emmett is feeling very motivated this quarter and that’s a very positive thing. He brought his grades up two letter grades in the second quarter and I’m so proud of him. I even brought him a …
Dec 10 2020
The boys got off to a mixed start today. Elliott fell back asleep while I was working with Emmett and missed the first 10 minutes of class. That’s a bit frustrating for me but he’s back on track and that’s what I’m going to focus on right now. While Emmett was in between classes, he …
Dec 09 2020
It’s been a bizarre day and it’s not even noon. So, I’m getting some work down while the boys are in class and I’m waiting for the groceries to arrive. I get this text message from Emmett telling me to check out empshield.com. I thought this is totally random and but I checked it out …
