I knew this day would come. Leo is an extremely intense child. Everyone always asks me if it’s “hard” to homeschool him precisely because he’s so challenging. And, honestly, Schizz and I encounter multiple daily challenges with this little fellow. It’s just that, when I compare this year to last year, everything is lighter. On…
Our Top 5 Gifted and 2E Posts of 2014
I’m going to park my top five gifted and twice exceptional (2E) posts of 2014 right here, all in one spot. These are the posts that you guys read and shared the most during the year. As always, thank you so much for reading this silly little blog of ours and for sharing in our journey. Top Five Gifted…
Croup and Diphtheria and Guinea Worms! Oh, my!
Just a quick post today, folks, and please bare with me because I’m a bit tired. Yesterday, my sweet T had laryngitis and Seuss had a rough bout with croup. Leo complained from sun-up until sun-down that he wanted to be sick, and that it was unfair that his siblings were sick and he was not. I kid you…
Using Books to Overcome Anxiety
Remember how I told you guys that until very recently Schizz and I had quite possibly the only TV-phobic child in the United States? Leo was absolutely terrified of television from approximately age 2 1/2 until very recently- so recently, in fact, that I hesitate to say that this phase is truly over. (Side note: I just told…
My PG, 2E, and Full of OE Afternoon
Did you guys check out the latest Gifted Homeschoolers Forum Blog Hop on Parenting 2Es, OEs, and Everything in Between? I relished reading all the posts the other day. I saw so much of my family in each poster’s words; it was reassuring to know that our “normal” is normal for other people, too. Today,…
Feeling Lighter
Everything is feeling lighter to me lately: parenting, homeschooling, even the holiday chaos. When I think back to this time last year, everything was just…well… heavier; life felt more challenging and stressful. What changed? In some respects, everything has changed. Certainly the decision to have Leo assessed was the catalyst, as the results indicated that our son was an outlier among outliers, a profoundly gifted, twice…
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