What I Learned in July

One of my favorite blogs is Along Came the Bird. It is mostly about a sweet little girl named Lily. It is written by Lily's mom. It is a blog full of hope, prayer, and family. Check it out if  you have a chance.

One of today's posts was titled "What I Learned in July". Lana (the mom!) got the idea from yet another blog. (Isn't that how things work in the world of bloggers and blogs?) 

What I learned in July is...

1. Luke can pick beginning sight words from fields of five. His ESY (extended school year) teacher did some fabulous things with him. I can hardly wait to see how far he can go.
2. The email address for Luke's new special education teacher. Email is my favorite way of communicating. We have already corresponded. I will be meeting with all of Luke's new team on Tuesday afternoon. I have very thankful they are all willing to take the time away from preparing for the new year. Meet the Teacher night is Tuesday night and school starts on Thursday, so this is a very busy time for them.
3. Not all people providing in-home services for autism really understand how autism effects every aspect of family life and that there isn't always time to do as much therapy as they would like. I refuse to allow someone to try to make me feel guilty for what I can or cannot do. That service provider is no longer being used.
4. I need to do a better job of identifying poison ivy when working in my front/side garden. But I am thankful for the Walgreen's TakeCare Clinic. Hopefully the steroids I got tonight will start working.
5. Luke will whine when he has to use his iPad to order his meal at McDonald's. He has learned that if doesn't order it, he won't get it. The whining and opposition is less each time we go.
6. Both of my daughters have a really good group of teachers for the upcoming school year. The 14-year-old has already checked out the high school teachers with friends who have older siblings. We know the 12-year-old's is good from our own experience.
7. Blogging is fun.