follow up

Henry's teacher called yesterday afternoon. "Henry has had a great day, but..."

When he grabbed his bowling ball and headed up to the lane, he slipped/tripped/stumbled and BONKED HIS NOSE on his bowling ball! Ouch!

As recently discussed, Henry doesn't seem to feel much pain (his teacher told me that they have noticed the same phenomenon), so his profusely bleeding nose did not slow him down. She said he just wanted to keep on bowling.

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We are having trouble fitting homework into Henry's routine. He gets home from school around 4. He often is then whisked off to swimming lessons, basketball practice, or the exercise place with Daddy. By the time I get home it's time to eat and then have some much-deserved down time with a movie or on the computer, maybe fit in a bath once in awhile before bed.

Last night I forced him to do some homework, and he suggested "first homework, then movie". So I agreed. He wrote his name on the page. The first question asked "What is today?"

He is well aware of what day it was (especially because it was a community trip day). But to spite me and his teacher, he took the pencil and wrote Noday. No day! You might make me do this @*$# homework, but you're not going to like my answers!
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Henry had a swimming lesson yesterday and I remembered that I never answered MOM-NOS's question about his swimming lessons a few posts back.

Henry takes swimming lessons through Easter Seals. I would highly recommend Easter Seals' many programs to any family with a special needs child. We found our way to Easter Seals the summer that Henry was almost 5. He was in a preschool class where he received itinerant (ie brief and sporadic) special needs services, provided through the school system (thus only during the school year). We knew that he could not spend the summer in that environment without ANY supports. So his special needs preschool teacher provided me with a few ideas for summer "camps"- one being Easter Seals.

They have an indoor therapeutic pool where the kids would swim as a class once a week. I inquired about swimming lessons, and he has been taking them ever since. So, yes, the teachers have experience in working with "disabled" kids of all kinds.

Have a good weekend. I am hoping to use the long weekend (I have the day off Monday) to get a decent photo of my kids. Wish me luck.