Looking over the events that happened in James’ life over the past month and it looks like this will be a short post. He went on a couple of field trips for school, had another appointment at the UIC Craniofacial Clinic where we felt like we got sent to the…
School It was another busy month at school for our little man. Towards the end of April, James and his classmates baked and dropped off treats for the staff at school district administrative office. On May 1st they went on a field trip to the zoo: …
I was going to wait and include this with next weekend’s monthly post, but I just couldn’t wait to post this. Besides, this was such a big event that I think it deserves its own post. Our high school district had their prom for the kids with special needs on…
Mini Vacation We went on a mini getaway over Easter weekend, which was the first time we had gotten away since we went to a wedding in 2021. For that trip we boarded Maggie at a doggy day care that she had gone to a couple of times and ended…
James had such a busy (and awesome) month at school that I felt it deserved its own post. After I publish this post with all the amazing things James has done at school over the past month, I’ll start working on a second post with all the other events that…
I apologize for posting this a day late. When I posted Part 1 of Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month a couple of weeks ago, I said that I would post this second part on the 31st. I didn’t realize it at the time that the 31st was Easter Sunday. We were…
In the monthly post I published last week, I wrote about how James and his class went on a field trip to a café that specifically hires employees with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As I was writing about that experience, I was reminded of a news story I saw many…