Motherhood, Mischief, and Mayhem

This is the first time I've taken time to blog in quite a long time. Forgive me if this one is super boring. It's day something of being stuck at home. It's been like 20 or more and I'm not sure if I feel annoyed, tired, lazy, or complacent. I've learned that nobody is coming over, so it doesn't really matter if dishes are done. I don't really have to do my hair or makeup and I am eating whatever. That last part has my son who has autism telling me that I'm getting chubby. Thanks, kid! If you would have told me when I started this blog ages ago that I would be witnessing a historical pandemic, I probably would have laughed. I also probably would not have pictured a pandemic quite like this. Who knew we'd be sitting at home like a bunch of potatoes scrolling through Tik Tok (admit it, you are!) and not even caring about the summer body because, meh. How about homeschooling?! Are any of you having success? We are STILL adapting. There are da

My son will be old enough to begin kindergarten this year- which is awesome! I just do not know if we are ready. I've been tossing around my options since spring. I have a son who has a speech delay and it has put him behind in a lot of ways for kindergarten. The school says he will be ok and will have help to succeed. Admittedly, I'm a little hesitant. I want him to feel like he's on the same page as the other kids around him. I worry that he may be ridiculed for being a bit different, even though he is a very bright boy. All of his progress makes me proud and he's been making his IEP goals over the summer. He is smart and I know it. Then I look at where he should be as a Kindergartner...and I begin to see just how far we have to go. He is a December baby, so he is starting at age 5. I just keep asking myself "should we be doing one more year of preschool instead?" I want to set him up to do well and I worry about him playing catch up in the future if he st

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