May 17, 2011

things I can’t cope with, preschool edition

Today Chipmunk came home with a book of all the things he colored over the past year. It was fascinating to see the progression from “ha, I don’t give a shit about these lines” to meticulous coloring within the lines. It was also cool to see the evidence of bad days. (His “Me in [...]

March 14, 2011

The Dance of Joy

Chipmunk “won” the lottery. We got a spot at the magnet school we wanted. The one with the magical everything that I fell in love with when I visited last year. And they bus.  I’m boneless with joy and I can’t stop smiling.

At 7 am I basically looked like this:

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March 1, 2011

How did the IEP meeting go?

For more than a month now, I’ve been opening my word processor and staring at the blankness trying to figure out how to put down my thoughts about Chipmunk’s IEP meeting. Every time, I end up squirreling over to something else. You know, a YouTube video or Twitter or basically anything other than talking [...]