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I'm grateful today..

Today is an ordinary Sunday. The sun is finally shining and my boys are being...well, boys. But I'm thankful today... for a few reasons. We took the boys this morning to a special movie showing of Madagascar. It was at 930AM sponsored by our local SEPAC. (SEPAC is a Special Ed Parent Advisory Council) I'm involved although not as much as I should be. They are a wonderful resource to our town and today they allowed others in to a theatre on a Sunday morning to watch as a family. For some special ed. children, they are not used to going to such places as it's often very overwhelming for them (sensory wise and other reasons) For my two boys, they were thrilled to go but I know their attention lasts as long as it takes for Youngest to inhale a container of popcorn. Nonetheless, we went. I figured it would be a great way to get them used to sitting through a movie and I knew if they were unruly, edgy, whiny...well, it wouldn't really matter because I was amongst a group wh

Red Sox Day, or is it?

Today is (well, was supposed to be) opening day for the Sox. (Postponed now due to rain) The preschool asked that all kids come in with their sox gear on or at least in blue and/or red. My son arrived...in a blue shirt. The poor child has no Sox shirt nor hat. Why? I married a New Yorker...