Day 378: Back To It

Day 378: Back To It

Ah, the Monday after a nice weeklong vacation. It feels like getting back to it after a nice week off should mean feeling recharged, enerergized and ready to face the world.Or maybe it means having to restart momentum, having lost all inertia in the time out. Maybe it...
Day 377: Pillow Battle

Day 377: Pillow Battle

On Sunday, I had a pretty sluggish start to the day, but of course the kids were up and ready to rock bright and early. Fortunately, they have a brand new jungle gym to help them expend some energy.When I finally fought through the morning fog, I noticed that it was...
Day 376: Jim Versus Gym II – Jim Victorious

Day 376: Jim Versus Gym II – Jim Victorious

After getting some sleep, I woke up with the partially completed jungle gym still taunting me. I got to it pretty early, wanting to get it knocked out so I’d have time to do some other things with the day. I spent more time trying to use brute strength to...
Day 375: Jim Versus Gym

Day 375: Jim Versus Gym

Yesterday, I posted a super brief scribble late at night because I was utterly spent by an hours-long battle with a Russian-made children’s jungle gym.Backing up a little bit, we have been working a lot with Henry’s therapists to find ways to help him...
Day 374: IOU

Day 374: IOU

I don’t usually like to do this, but today turned into one of those days. I’ve been wresting with the assembly of a Russian jungle gym for like 7 hours (long story, more tomorrow…) it’s late, and I don’t really have a blog post in me. So...
Day 373: Spring Breck, Part 4

Day 373: Spring Breck, Part 4

Wednesday was unfortunately the last day of our little mountain getaway. We enjoyed a nice, lazy morning in the hotel, and the kids soaked up all the wonders that come from the free breakfast buffet available at Residence Inns.Erin and I decided to go a little...