Top 16 Tips For a Charlie Friendly Party
03 June 2013
(1) Don't tell him that you're having a party to celebrate him turning 16 on the Ides of May. In full awareness of birthday party... Read more →
(1) Don't tell him that you're having a party to celebrate him turning 16 on the Ides of May. In full awareness of birthday party... Read more →
We drove down to the beach where we used to stay at the beach house on Saturday morning and drove on sandy streets and sand... Read more →
Jim took this great photo of Charlie in the woods in the middle of a bike ride. If you look closely, you can see that... Read more →
Sunday involved three bikes rides sandwiched between an 8am walk and another at 8pm. It was warm in the middle of the day and there's... Read more →
The weekends have been quite peaceful around here. Usually Charlie wants (demands) to get into the white car and drive off somewhere as soon as... Read more →
As the above photo attests, the bike trail won over the beach yesterday. The temperature was into the low 90s degrees Fahrenheit so a dip... Read more →
Thursday morning, we weren't convinced that Charlie was going to make it to school and that he had indeed had a relapse on Wednesday. He... Read more →
Charlie's 8am dentist appointment on Monday probably clocked in as one of the speediest ever. He got his teeth checked (no cavities and minimal plaque... Read more →
You probably have to squint a bit but yes that is me, at work teaching (ancient Greek) in the classroom. Wanting to make the most... Read more →
First, a bus update. Still waiting to hear about a bus to take Charlie home. Yes, contacting the transportation department and the special ed director... Read more →
It was a rainy Sunday and we passed it quietly, around home. Still got in bike rides: Yes, different shirts; Jim and Charlie got semi-soaked... Read more →
Before heading out to the New Jersey horse country bike path, we stopped to at a gas station to put air in in the bikes's... Read more →
In a public restroom, I was waiting to wash my hands. There were two children at the sink, a boy and a girl, both dark-haired.... Read more →
Hard to read about the father of an autistic child getting punched by another customer in a Boynton Beach (FL) Olive Garden restaurant and not... Read more →
I wrote this post on Care2.com about 20 year-old Bryan Nevins who died last Saturday after being left in a locked minivan by two caretakers... Read more →
The weather here on the East Coast continued to be hot and muggy, the air so heavy that dust particles seemed to be hanging in... Read more →
Today's post brings good news. !!!!! Although, Wednesday didn't start in such an exuberant YAY! fashion. Having written about what a great job Charlie was... Read more →
The new little routine here for the past few days has been: Charlie has woken himself up between 7 and 7.30am, just enough time to... Read more →
Yet another shocker post today. After a full Saturday of walking (x 2), bike riding (x 2), grading (Jim), hauling branches to the town recycling... Read more →
School starts for Charlie at 8.45am but yesterday we weren't in the car until almost 8.30. It takes us around 40 minutes to get to... Read more →