I’m in denial that this year is almost over. Autumn has already slipped through my front yard as I send my sweater- adorned children outside for longer playtime. The kids are able to make their way to the back yard for some adventures while I stay inside to work with Ronan on some of his ABA-VB goals. He and I can do this since he’s quickly learned how to function better with these skills. It helps that the baby, who is looking more like a toddler getting up on her two feet, can play with the big kids’ toys. It keeps her happy and occupied while I conduct these therapy sessions with Ronan.
I home school my typical kids and am proud of how quickly they understand and accomplish the school work I set before them. My oldest is getting to be a grade ahead of herself while my five-year old son is able to do math computations in his head. We started our school year in the summer when it was still oppressively hot. It was planned this way since we always run into a medical crisis or two with Ronan mid-winter. The one to two weeks it takes for him to recover stops our entire family’s schedules in their tracks. I needed to get a good month of school work under our belts before the changing weather brought those pesky seasonal viruses our way.
Fortunately so far, we haven’t had any crazy illnesses as we start the final quarter of this already-busy year. With Halloween approaching and talk of our Christmas holiday planning already underway, I sit in awe at how time is quickly going by the older I get. A week goes by in the blink of an eye. Weekends are over before I know it. By the time I flip a calendar page, half the year is gone! I’ve always heard time goes by faster as you age but I never knew how fast. I was reminded of how quickly a couple of decades go by when I prepared to travel to my twentieth high school reunion this summer.
I’m in denial that this year is almost over. Autumn has already slipped through my front yard as I send my sweater- adorned children outside for longer playtime. The kids are able to make their way to the back yard for some adventures while I stay inside to work with Ronan on some of his ABA-VB goals. He and I can do this since he’s quickly learned how to function better with these skills. It helps that the baby, who is looking more like a toddler getting up on her two feet, can play with the big kids’ toys. It keeps her happy and occupied while I conduct these therapy sessions with Ronan.
I home school my typical kids and am proud of how quickly they understand and accomplish the school work I set before them. My oldest is getting to be a grade ahead of herself while my five-year old son is able to do math computations in his head. We started our school year in the summer when it was still oppressively hot. It was planned this way since we always run into a medical crisis or two with Ronan mid-winter. The one to two weeks it takes for him to recover stops our entire family’s schedules in their tracks. I needed to get a good month of school work under our belts before the changing weather brought those pesky seasonal viruses our way.
Fortunately so far, we haven’t had any crazy illnesses as we start the final quarter of this already-busy year. With Halloween approaching and talk of our Christmas holiday planning already underway, I sit in awe at how time is quickly going by the older I get. A week goes by in the blink of an eye. Weekends are over before I know it. By the time I flip a calendar page, half the year is gone! I’ve always heard time goes by faster as you age but I never knew how fast. I was reminded of how quickly a couple of decades go by when I prepared to travel to my twentieth high school reunion this summer.
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