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Stalactites by: Richard Bartz Hi there and Happy New Year! I haven’t posted in a while because there hasn’t been much going on with Gus. We survived the holidays by balancing a frenetic social calender with a few days of doing absolutely nothing. I think we all appreciated those days, and it [...] Gus likes to sing. Gus is not always aware that other people can hear him. Just now, he was in the bathroom singing, in his best imitation of Pavarotti, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” After a very long sustained note, I tapped the door open and gave him an enthusiastic round of applause. Fortunately, he [...] A local resident We all made it back from our trip safe and sound. All things considered, the trip was a successful one. No one was lost or hurt (one close call at the aquarium), there were no major meltdowns, and in general it was a pleasant time. That being said, I don’t think I relaxed [...] I’ve been MIA lately, but we are all still alive and getting ready for a pretty big trip. The kids are very excited – a kind of double edged sword in Gus’s case – and DH and I will be happy to see my parents as well. However, what many people we’ve encountered lately fail to [...] Black Adam and Shazam Halloween got off to a bit of a rough start this year. Gus was up very early, I went to bed very late, I was home alone with the kids and we had an early soccer game – in the rain. Gus was annoyed and excited at the same time and couldn’t [...] Eons ago, in another life when I taught high-school aged kids, I learned that children with certain learning styles (kinesthetic and tactile) tended to do much better in small group activities (groups of 2 or 3). I notice that this holds true for Gus. In large groups of peers, as when we are hanging [...] |
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