Tag Archives: kids
no limits!
This is the picture adorning the Easter gift bag Mac received from our good friends (and is now framed & hanging on the wall). Before we arrived the kids had busied themselves creating an impressive portrait of Mac right down … Continue reading
x-country
Yes, it’s that time of year. Cross Country events are being held in every school just about now – no matter it is also ‘snake season’ – guess that just makes them run faster. Mac competed (of course), he took … Continue reading
Filed under kindergarten at last
i don’t know why he swallowed a fly…
There has been much discussion amongst K-C and K-W (the two kindergarten classes) as to why Mac can’t talk. Connor gets the whole wheelchair thing – his Dad is in a wheelchair – but “why can’t Mac talk?” or “do … Continue reading
Filed under kindergarten at last
“pen” de résistance
Unshackle the artist within… How does a child who has no independent or purposeful movement draw or colour-in on his own? How does a child who is unable to grasp or hold things draw on his own? How does … Continue reading
Filed under The 'mod' squad, What's in my Pencil Case
four sleeps to go…
so the bibs, trying to look like they are NOT bibs, are almost finished (why did I think I could sew?), the pencil case (hmmm, more like suitcase) is nearly packed, the school bag is awaiting filling, the uniforms, recently embroidered, … Continue reading
Filed under Preparing for Big School
When clapping is your passion… you need friends who can clap
Orientation Day number two was another successful day. Again we spared Mac the embarrassment of his parents going with him into the classroom and hired Di, his former aide, to escort him with the other children. I did the … Continue reading
Filed under Preparing for Big School
It’s O Day
Orientation Day is here. We have been madly restoring a borrowed wheelchair (thank you “teen legend” SP) to allow this event to happen. Of course Mac’s ‘real’ chair hasn’t arrived in time for ‘transition to school’ and (although Government … Continue reading
Filed under Preparing for Big School
