I’m sitting at the pool with a notebook and have made some observations while watching the kids’ swimming class.
Pookie’s swim class aide is amazing at working with him. She a normal life guard and as far as I know has no training at working with children with autism. She lets him jump in […]
There is nothing about Pookie that confuses and amazes me more than his echolalia. It is by far the aspect of autism that I was least prepared to handle since I had never heard of it. I’m not the only person completely ignorant either. When I sat on the panel discussing autism with teachers from […]
The big wedding came and went. Everything went fantastically well. Here are just a handful of the highlights:
Watching my sister crying while walking down the aisle followed by nearly everybody else in the church crying, including myself.
Seeing Pookie in a tux, Geetle in a flower girl dress and BeAGoodMom in a formal dress […]
The wedding rehearsal went very well.
Geetle did a great job throwing the flowers as she walked down the aisle. Pookie did a great job holding the little white pillow while holding BeAGoodMom’s hand. When they got to the front, they both slid into the aisle between me and BeAGoodMom. BeAGoodMom looked like […]
We have had company all week which throws the daily routine out the window. Geetle and Pookie handled it extremely well. So did the guests T-Man and Baby Belaina.
But we don’t get to settle back into our routine quite yet.
My sister and “My Mark” are getting married this weekend. Tonight we have […]
