Whew.

Well, The Big Secret Activity That I Can't Blog About is over for another year. This year was a heartbreaker - the kids did really well, but then the scoring system screwed them over. And that's all I can say about that. 

In other news, we have been medicine-hopping with Peanut, thanks to the insurance companies insistence that he "fail" on two of their approved meds before they will pay for the one that worked great. Once again, I find myself so grateful for Peanut's special ed. teacher and aide. They have seen him progress through kindergarten and into 1st grade, and they have been tracking his behavior for me in 1/2 hour increments. We are now in the fortunate position of having a chart that details exactly when he showed multiple problem behaviors (yelling at a peer, crying, etc.) clearly indicating an escalation in those behaviors on the alternate medicines. 

 Pepper's 10th birthday was nice. We had her ears pierced after school on her birthday, then went out to dinner. For her party, she had her first sleepover, which was fun - except for the whole "sleepover" part. Although I tried to convince them to sleep in the family room, they spread out on the floor of her bedroom instead. An hour later, she came down from her room on the verge of tears, wailing "THEY WON'T STOP TALKING!!!" and ended up sleeping with me. Sounds about right for a first timer, huh? 

In other news, we are all crazy about "American Idol" here on the Cape these days, thanks to local girl Siobhan Magnus doing so well. It's so cute to go into the elementary school and see all of the "VOTE 4 SIOBHAN!" posters the kids have made. She used to warm up the little kids in one of the big musical productions Pepper was involved in, and it's wild to see her on television singing her heart out. 

 Now we are looking forward to Spring being sprung and all that stuff. Thank goodness the sun came out today, because I am heartily sick of 40 degrees and rainy. I just got a call about the CSA farm share this summer, and it was amazing how good just talking about summer plans made me feel. Hopefully the sun will stick around and help me shake the winter out of my soul this week.

Labels: ADHD, birthday cake, BSAICBA, cape cod life

Comments

[Sizzle]

I wasnt initially a fan of hers but shes changing my mind week after week.

[5kidswdisabilities]

Dont you just love those sleepover birthday parties??? They sound good in theory...Lindsey Petersen

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