He likes to flush toilets. Not that he wants to sit on one and produce anything, mind you, but he loves to flush. He’ll even follow me into the bathroom and be my personal flusher. So, at least we know that he’s not afraid of the toilet. Now that he is in school, Tad is […]

Your three-year-old son (the one with the severe speech delay) sees you grating cheddar cheese for soft tacos. He then walks up to you, clenches his hands into fists and waves them upright from bent elbows, saying, “Cheese, ‘Omit!” The best part was, he did it again for the Webmaster when he got home from […]

Your four-and-a-half year old daughter says to you, “Do you like my cake, Mommy?” (The “cake” is made out of couch cushions and blankets.) Then she stops, contemplates her creation, and says, “Now, I have to move it to the front table. I wonder if it’s too heavy.”

With the end of school yesterday, Tad has survived his first week of school. He’s gotten progressively better at drop-off time, but he just knows that we’re going to leave him, so the whimpering begins the second he gets out of the car. Still, he doesn’t have to be physically restrained. Much. Anymore. That being […]