Got Snow?

The last week, true to form, has been crazybusy (aren't they always?).

First of all, A had his annual review for his IEP (Individualized Education Plan) on Wednesday, the 5th. He was approved for the extended school year program (over the summer), and more attention is going to be paid to engaging with other students rather than just the teacher or one of the aides. The board had to make a bunch of changes, because of the advancements he's made in the last year. This is a good thing!

The bad thing was, this meeting was on the first snow day of the year. What was supposed to be rain, according to the weatherman, then freezing rain, then maybe a possibility of a dusting of snow, turned into this:



The official depth was just over 5" for where we live, but we're on a ridge top, so this is what we got. A's meeting was in the morning, and they cancelled school while we were still there, so no afternoon session for him. He also had no school on Thursday, so everyone could dig out. Then it rained on Friday and all the pretty snow went bye-bye. But while it was here, this is what the kids did with it:




A decided he wanted to take off his mittens to play basketball. A kid after his dad's own heart. He opened up the shed and dug for the ball!



And then he was cold, so he decided to head inside.



After the play in the snow, we changed into jammies and watched, appropriately enough, Frosty the Snowman before going to bed.



In other news, our attempts to be normal have put A into a funk, and it's just today (Thursday the 13th) that he's acting his usual self again. The infractions? We had 3 people over at our house to eat dinner on Saturday, and we moved the desk in the living room and put up the Christmas tree. It doesn't sound like much, but any variance in his routine sends him into tantrum and hand-flapping grand central.

In positive news, though, while we were at the grocery store on Tuesday and were walking by a holiday display of Hershey's kisses and the like, A turned to me and said very clearly, "I love candy." And he kept walking.

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This morning, while we were watching Clifford the Big Red Dog, he turned to me and said, "Chocolate chips are yummy." This was completely unrelated to the show we were watching. I'm noticing a trend....hmmmm....my son may just be a chocoholic! :)

Entire, coherent sentences; what a great Christmas present!