Here is an update on Tad’s reading… He’s doing really well.  During this last snow break, he got so antsy and upset about being stuck at home that I actually brought out a book I’d been hiding in reserve for him – it was a Biscuit the puppy beginning stories collection, similar to this one, [...]

As I’ve written about previously, Tad has a best friend named Danny.  They are in the same class at school. And because we’re all on a school break now, Danny’s mom and I arranged to get the boys together for a play date at a local McDonald’s. We planned it for right after Ane and [...]

No Flashback today, because Tad has preempted it. Every year, the kids come home from school with some kind of craft that they have made and wrapped up at school as a present for Mom and Dad.  Last year, Ane made a calendar that we used over by the computer for the year.  Sometimes it’s [...]

For a long time, I despaired of Tad ever having a friend outside of his sister. And even that’s not the same thing.  Ane is his friend and playmate, but that’s because she IS his sister and lives with him.  But when she has a friend over, Tad is not generally allowed to be a [...]