scoop's blog Vox 2009-12-23T19:31:27Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22528dc3e8e1d/ Join my neighborhood for more posts and happenings The Parenting Conundrum tag:vox.com,2009-12-17:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d0123f1894043860f 2009-12-17T21:30:32Z 2009-12-23T19:31:27Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom We have all done it. It happens before you realize you are doing it as you stare at that little face, mid-trantrum. You form an opinion, a judgement. It is not your child. No way! My child would never act that way. Never. Then you have a ch...

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]]> Learning, Loving, and Moving On... tag:vox.com,2009-11-04:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d0123ddcdbcf3860c 2009-11-04T14:42:28Z 2009-11-06T00:12:18Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've spoken at length about Andrew's diagnosis and undiagnosis and the arrogance I have as a mother to assume I can will him to be "normal" and label-free. I'm now a graduate student (pending GRE results) in special education and I'm becoming ok...

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]]> With a Heavy Heart... tag:vox.com,2009-09-29:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d0123f165bc18860f 2009-09-29T13:54:29Z 2009-09-29T19:35:25Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Homesweethome House2 Backyard memories

I didn’t think it would hurt so much to say goodbye to my childhood home. I haven’t lived there in a very long time – a decade or so – yet I’m sad to see it go Memories of basketball in the backyard, wrestling with my brothers and crying ove...

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]]> Baby Forever tag:vox.com,2009-09-14:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d0123ddca9701860d 2009-09-14T13:45:05Z 2009-09-14T13:50:45Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I know you're too big for the baby swing, but let's use it just for today, I know you can do it by yourself, but let Mommy help you anyway. I know you're not a baby anymore, but sweetheart, it's Mommy who just isn't ready to let you go... ...

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]]> Afraid of Failure tag:vox.com,2009-08-24:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d0110168c2183860c 2009-08-24T15:55:23Z 2009-08-24T19:03:41Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It’s a reoccurring nightmare. I’m running to class, papers and textbooks falling from my overloaded arms. The syllabus I just reprinted is nowhere to be found. How did it happen? I’ve missed weeks of a class I somehow forgot about. If I ca...

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]]> Conversations With a 3-Year-Old tag:vox.com,2009-08-10:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d0110185fdd59860f 2009-08-10T13:06:56Z 2009-08-14T14:14:15Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Last night, Brian was watching pre-season football when Andrew asked what they were doing on tv. The conversation got much more interesting from there: Brian: Football, buddy! Aren't you excited to watch football with Daddy this year? Andrew: ...

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]]> Why He's Perfect...Do the Math tag:vox.com,2009-08-07:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d011016840116860c 2009-08-07T17:34:00Z 2009-08-10T12:58:16Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom 1 year ago my son didn't speak. 8 months ago he was wrongly diagnosed with a learning disorder 6 months ago his diagnosis was downgraded but still incorrect 2 months ago he couldn't get the words out around peers 1 month ago he said strange sente...

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]]> Aqua Jogging tag:vox.com,2009-06-10:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d01101834d25a860f 2009-06-10T15:24:09Z 2009-06-12T16:10:43Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I'm getting amphibious with my bad self! I'm all about exercise trends. No, not diet trends....those never work. Exercise trends usually DO work AND they provide a break from the same old, same old. Back in January I shed 26 pounds in the g...

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]]> An Exciting Weekend tag:vox.com,2009-06-01:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d0110182ec4cf860f 2009-06-01T17:54:14Z 2009-06-09T17:49:53Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

King of the Cupcake Big Toy Day Whoa...Bigger than My Big Wheel. He's Really Into Planes! "Roger That...Responding to a 5 alarm fire at the corner of 5th and Maple...." OMG...married without child for one night! Whoohoo! Bouncerific! Make a Wish! Spoiled Rotten

Andrew's birthday weekend started off on Friday afternoon, when I brought cupcakes to school. I don't have any photos to post from it though, because I had to give out the cupcakes with gloves on and well, it didn't make for easy access to the c...

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]]> Common Ground tag:vox.com,2009-04-18:asset-6a00c22528dc3e8e1d0110181a2d78860f 2009-04-18T02:14:52Z 2009-04-20T12:22:14Z Scoop http://scoopsblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I was talking to one of my mentors today on campus and we wandered onto the topic of where my passion for pre-k education comes from. I realized I had never told her about Andrew's story...so I started with the bombshell autism diagnosis. Just ...

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