Doing a lot of last minute prep for Disney this week...I don't know how it always happens this way! The trip has been planned and paid for months, and yet we leave in 48 hours and I still have a bunch of stuff I have to buy and pack.
It hasn't really HIT me that Bu will be 4 YEARS OLD this weekend.
I shall have a 4 year old.
I guess it's the same as me turning 30 this year...I've thought about it so much and so often that at this point, there's no big "WHAAAAA...????" moment.
I'm also thinking a lot about how we have Bu's ambulatory EEG just 2 days after we return, and we're jumping straight back into homeschool so our schedule will change again...there's just a lot happening. I hope I'm able to disconnect from all that long enough to enjoy my baby's birthday and Disney as a whole.
It's our first trip as just the family of 3, so I'm looking forward to that! I love going on trips with the whole family, but it'll be fun to try out this dynamic finally.
Ok, better get back to packing and list-making. And packing lists.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Saturday Morning...
...which I've spent completing a unit-based Pre-K4 curriculum.
If you follow our autism blog, you know that we are secular homeschoolers. However, Bu (the name by son goes by on the interwebs) recently added ABA to his therapy schedule, which means we are out of the house from 8 or 9am until about 4pm most days. Considering that Bu starts his bedtime routine at 7pm, our homeschooling has fallen by the wayside recently while we adjust to this new schedule.
Typically, our homeschool revolves around sensory or fine motor based activities with a bit of an academic spin...so for example, we might thread beads on pipe cleaner for fine motor practice, but we will count each bead, sort them by color, etc.
For this next "school year", I want to try a new approach. I am going to try a unit-based approach, so we can use a theme each week. This will hopefully keep me more organized and that will in turn mean that set up for each task should take less time, so we'll be able to do more in the limited time we have after therapies.
I have about 40 different units/themes set up on my Pinterest, so I know that every week, I can select a unit (which I've already scheduled around holidays) and print or prepare all the required stuff for the activities I've selected. I've made sure to include writing practice and sensory work in each of the units. Some of the tasks or activities might be advanced for my son, but he's constantly surprising me, so we'll never know what he's capable of until I present him with the tasks :)
I'm excited to start! I have some time to prep though, we won't be starting our curriculum until after Bu's birthday at the end of the month because we're taking him to DISNEY WORLD!!!!!! So we're looking at an early October start date.
On an unrelated note, I mentioned before that I eat GFCFSF (or try to), but in the last 3 days I've gone full paleo (except I'm #teampotato) and I want to EAT ALL THE THINGS. I'm not craving anything in particular, I'm just SO HUNGRY. ALL THE TIME.
That's today in a nutshell. I leave you with a picture of my snack, a pile of grapes...some of which have an eggplant complex ;)
If you follow our autism blog, you know that we are secular homeschoolers. However, Bu (the name by son goes by on the interwebs) recently added ABA to his therapy schedule, which means we are out of the house from 8 or 9am until about 4pm most days. Considering that Bu starts his bedtime routine at 7pm, our homeschooling has fallen by the wayside recently while we adjust to this new schedule.
Typically, our homeschool revolves around sensory or fine motor based activities with a bit of an academic spin...so for example, we might thread beads on pipe cleaner for fine motor practice, but we will count each bead, sort them by color, etc.
For this next "school year", I want to try a new approach. I am going to try a unit-based approach, so we can use a theme each week. This will hopefully keep me more organized and that will in turn mean that set up for each task should take less time, so we'll be able to do more in the limited time we have after therapies.
I have about 40 different units/themes set up on my Pinterest, so I know that every week, I can select a unit (which I've already scheduled around holidays) and print or prepare all the required stuff for the activities I've selected. I've made sure to include writing practice and sensory work in each of the units. Some of the tasks or activities might be advanced for my son, but he's constantly surprising me, so we'll never know what he's capable of until I present him with the tasks :)
I'm excited to start! I have some time to prep though, we won't be starting our curriculum until after Bu's birthday at the end of the month because we're taking him to DISNEY WORLD!!!!!! So we're looking at an early October start date.
On an unrelated note, I mentioned before that I eat GFCFSF (or try to), but in the last 3 days I've gone full paleo (except I'm #teampotato) and I want to EAT ALL THE THINGS. I'm not craving anything in particular, I'm just SO HUNGRY. ALL THE TIME.
That's today in a nutshell. I leave you with a picture of my snack, a pile of grapes...some of which have an eggplant complex ;)
Thursday, September 10, 2015
An Intro...
First off, thank you to my friend Rachel for the most epic of blog names!
I had a hard time coming up with something because I wanted to encompass all of my interests in one title...no easy feat.
I thought I should introduce myself with bullet points, since I can't think of another way to smoothly transition from each of these random descriptors to the next:
*First and foremost, I am a mother. Specifically, momma to one preschooler who also happens to be on the autism spectrum. I write and vlog about our journey through autism together here.
*I have been blogging for half my life at this point...I started my first livejournal when I was 15, and I have had a series of online journals since. I've had a fashion blog, a blog where I documented my pregnancy, and several just-day-to-day sorts of blogs. I also write about birth and pregnancy in general here.
*I'm into what's known as "Crunchy Living", meaning I tend to stick to more natural and unprocessed foods and home products. I brew my own kombucha, make my own deodorant, toothpaste and shampoo, and clean my home without chemicals. I also practice positive/attachment parenting, have experience cloth diapering and still babywear my almost-4-year-old
*My son eats a gluten, dairy and soy free diet, and I do my best to eat that way as well. My son has the advantage of not having to fight cravings after 20+ years of conventional (tasty, but awful) foods, so he has an easier time at it than I do...
*I am a HAES advocate, meaning I promote the idea that someone's weight, size, or outward physical appearance in general is no indication of their health. I blended my love of all things birth and pregnancy with these principles to create the group Plus Size and Pregnant on facebook, to provide support to other plus size women preparing to conceive, give birth and parent.
*I am a bit of a geek and have a huge obsession with Harry Potter, Star Trek and most recently, Doctor Who. I also am DEEPLY passionate about all things Walt Disney World and make it a point to go as often as possible.
That's me in a nutshell, and a pretty good idea of the sorts of things I'll be talking about in here. I haven't thought much about what I want the format of this blog to be, how often I'll write, etc. I'm just sort of going with the flow, so welcome to anyone that wants to come along for the ride!
I had a hard time coming up with something because I wanted to encompass all of my interests in one title...no easy feat.
I thought I should introduce myself with bullet points, since I can't think of another way to smoothly transition from each of these random descriptors to the next:
*First and foremost, I am a mother. Specifically, momma to one preschooler who also happens to be on the autism spectrum. I write and vlog about our journey through autism together here.
*I have been blogging for half my life at this point...I started my first livejournal when I was 15, and I have had a series of online journals since. I've had a fashion blog, a blog where I documented my pregnancy, and several just-day-to-day sorts of blogs. I also write about birth and pregnancy in general here.
*I'm into what's known as "Crunchy Living", meaning I tend to stick to more natural and unprocessed foods and home products. I brew my own kombucha, make my own deodorant, toothpaste and shampoo, and clean my home without chemicals. I also practice positive/attachment parenting, have experience cloth diapering and still babywear my almost-4-year-old
*My son eats a gluten, dairy and soy free diet, and I do my best to eat that way as well. My son has the advantage of not having to fight cravings after 20+ years of conventional (tasty, but awful) foods, so he has an easier time at it than I do...
*I am a HAES advocate, meaning I promote the idea that someone's weight, size, or outward physical appearance in general is no indication of their health. I blended my love of all things birth and pregnancy with these principles to create the group Plus Size and Pregnant on facebook, to provide support to other plus size women preparing to conceive, give birth and parent.
*I am a bit of a geek and have a huge obsession with Harry Potter, Star Trek and most recently, Doctor Who. I also am DEEPLY passionate about all things Walt Disney World and make it a point to go as often as possible.
That's me in a nutshell, and a pretty good idea of the sorts of things I'll be talking about in here. I haven't thought much about what I want the format of this blog to be, how often I'll write, etc. I'm just sort of going with the flow, so welcome to anyone that wants to come along for the ride!
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