Jack Kaden

A little secret. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s a holiday that involves eating and drinking and being with the ones you love, no presents, no jolly man to scare the kids, no eight lights that require a sprint home by sun-down.
On Thursday we cooked for 16 adults and 4 kids. Despite the hectic [...]

Overheard on a Saturday morning on the UWS:
Him: Yeah! That’s my boy! Hand Clapping party time!
Her: C’mon Jack, clap those little hands, shake that baby booty.
The Boy: A clap and a miss! And then a clap. And then some squealing
Her: Yeah! Jack, soon you’ll be triple clapping and singing along to The Joker.
Him [...]

Me. I am totally lame. Why? Because I haven’t had a chance to respond to all of you lovely people who sent me birthday wishes – here. Let me use the interweb:
*thank you, yes it was a great day and I love you as well.*
I am so far underwater at work it’s actually [...]

Playing on the Jungle Gym

What your Holiday Card will look like if I get my act together.

So. I bitched, I threatened, I cajoled, heck I kicked up enough dust that someone from EI actually noticed and we finally (3 months later) had our speech and feeding evaluation this past Saturday.
There is a dirty secret about EI evals…. never.sound.optimistic. This is harder than it sounds because, clearly, we think Jack is a [...]