Taking the Scenic Route

Friday March 30, 2007

30th March 2007

Friday March 30, 2007

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FeeBee sent out a meme:  What is on your dining room table right now?  Since Zane was on my computer, I grabbed the camera so I would resist the urge to clean it before showing anybody.  lol. 

So, here’s the table

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  • 2 placemats:  one a map of the U.S., the other a counting/Sesame Street one, wiped down, but needing a better cleaning.
  • coffee cup:  about the only thing I have ever won…got it in a drawing at the Great Bend Holiday Inn one time.  We still have 3 of the 4 cups, but I don’t use the “Bunny” one, because that is Zach’s favorite. 
  • Zane’s empty glass of Chocolate Milk
  • A pink towel because it keeps raining outside and I need to be able to wipe kid’s feet off when they run outside for a bit.
  • A handprint thing done by Zane that broke 3 minutes after he brought it home a few months ago and is glued together.  You can’t really see the print on it, but it is the first one he did so I hold on to it.
  • An owners manual for some various electronic equiptment.
  • a banana
  • a basket that Zane brought home from school today

and that last thing got me thinking…Hey, I haven’t taken pictures of the things he dragged home from school…so

the contents of the basket:  fruits and veggies that are either drawn on, put together and glued like a puzzle, or various other mini craft projects…and of course, the bunny.

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That reminded me that he also brought home this wind sock thing

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And a box of dirt he wrote his name on.  Theoretically, there are seeds in there for radishes that will grow. 

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However, whoever thought it was a good idea to send a box of dirt home with a kid with sensory issues is out to lunch.  It ended up on the carpet, causing much drama and work because I had to first FIND the carpet cleaner. It is living out it’s life on our porch now.  Which reminds me, I need to clean out the vacuum so I don’t have little sprouts growing in it.  (although, that would be interesting)

which made me realize I forgot to blog about how school went after the Tuesday disaster…

I called his teacher so we could talk about strategies to make the drop off smoother and what would happen if he just fell apart while in school…what they would do, what kind of things might make it easier for him and the like.  This teacher is just wonderful  (except for sending boxes of dirt home) and loves the kids and really understands how to work with them.  She is such a blessing and has probably spoiled me for life for every teacher who will come after her.  lol.

Anyway, it was decided that she would meet us out at the car when Zach dropped him off to help get him into the building.  (Physically, Zach can do it, but we really wanted Zane to *want* to do it and go on his own steam).  After all the planning, Murphy’s Law kicked in, and he happily left the car to go to school.  They had some minor stresses during the day, but for the most part, it went really well.  Naturally.  She thought he would be ok to come back to the afternoon literacy group even.  However, as I got the kids ready to go, I noticed that Zane was coughing his head off, and he just kept coughing and coughing.  I put some mentholatum stuff on his chest and that helped, but when I asked him if he wanted to go back to school he declined.  He looked worn out and hadn’t really responded to any questions since getting home, so I decided that it was better not to push.   I was glad I did.  He wandered around the house, sort of touching everything as he weaved past it, quoting the entire text of “Goodnight Moon” over and over.  I went to clean out the dishwasher and came out to discover him asleep on the couch.  I guess he put himself to bed.  lol.  One worn out little dude.

After he took the nap, he decided to play on the computer, which is when I sat at Zach’s computer, intending to check my blog and do some online reading, but got the meme, and grabbed the camera instead so I could remember what to post in answer to her question when I got Zane off my computer.

As I went to put my camera away…

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Such sweetness.  Life is nice.

 

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  1. 1 On March 30th, 2007, ShackintheMountains said:
       

    Your table is not bad at all!  You could eat at that table!  You’re way ahead of me.

    I Zora’s dress.  She is such a cutie!

    I’m glad you didn’t need the school plan after all, though it’ll likely come in handy at some point.

     
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