Would that our families grow as our kids do

[Guest guest]

He doesn't drink - he feels that it " shows lack of control " . OF course he

smokes like crazy and has ever since he was in the army stationed " in harms

way " . But only out of the house and never where his daughter can see him.

We will see how he reacts to his darling getting sick in pre-pre-school.

Should be an eye opener!!

Right now she has a Nanny who devotes every last minute to to keeping my

beautiful ( and she is beautiful) genius of a granddaughter happy.

I have reminded him several times how fleeting genius can be. Even with all

our training, in this one area of human intelligence he is BLIND! And we

have been working on him for half of his life. My s-i-l seems to thnk

that lack of intelligence is a fault rather than a happenstance.

Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

>

>Reply-To:

>To:

>Subject: RE: Re: Our kids do grow and change

>Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 22:44:39 -0700 (PDT)

>

>Hi Sara,

> Does s-i-l not know that pre-preschool has kids with runny noses

>dripping on toys and other kids? I think s-i-l needs the beer to chill.

> Charlyne

> Mom to Zeb 13 DS/OCD/ASD?

>

>sara cohen wrote:

> My s-i-l is still not thrilled with Elie being around his

>daughter. The

>newest remark is he doesn't wash his hands enough. But since Elie plays

>with his own things and doesn't touch Maya, that isn't much of a problem.

>Maya will be 2 on July 31st! Of course, now we have a rambunctious puppy,

>so I am sure there will be an issue over that. I cannot help that my s-i-l

>is undiagnosed (except by me) ADHD and OCD.

>

>Note that I am not playing Nanny. I am strictly the visiting Grandma. I

>cannot handle the constant cleaning, worry about water spots on the marble,

>etc. Bob just ignors them! I always feel inadequate!!! Besides I already

>raised oodles of kids. Bob was deployed. Now it is his turn.

>

>Elie is so excited - After 3 weeks, I go to camp. Back my bags and sleep

>overnite. And I am thrilled. The camp is located in the same county in

>which we live - just 5 miles from our house.

>

>Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

>

> >

> >Reply-To:

> >To:

> >Subject: Re: Our kids do grow and change

> >Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:51:05 -0000

> >

> >I do remember this she is an OT who specializes with SI.

> >Living not far from you all, glad all worked out, how nice that

> >issues have ironed out and y'all can spend some time with your

> >granddaughter. Uncle Elie coming along even under his terms.

> >Elie has come along way with so much you have shared.

> >Can't believe how Maya will began preschool already,time flies.

> >

> >Irma,17,DS/ASD

> >

> >

> >

> > >

> > > Our daughter who is an OT who works with kids with sensory issues

> >lives

> > > about an hour south of us in an ATL suburb called Dunwoody. We see

> >her

> > > about every 2 weeks or so. Altho my husband has " volunteered " to

> >be the

> > > nanny for the 2 weeks that nanny goes back to school before baby

> >Maya starts

> > > her first year of pre-preschool!!

> > >

> > > Interesting- Elie is only very slightly interested in Maya. He

> >will help

> > > get toys ready for her to play with while she visits, but pretty

> >much ignors

> > > her once she is here.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >--------------------------------------------------

> >Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos

>of

> >our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by

> >including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the

> >archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

> >--------------------------------------------

> >