by Schneider | May 5, 2021 | Day in the Life, On the Spectrum, Parenting
Tuesdays typically are the longest days of the week for Henry. He starts his ABA therapy at 8:30 and wraps up at 11:30, just in time to have a quick lunch and head to preschool. He gets done there at 3pm, and after I walk him back home, he has a couple minutes to grab...
by Schneider | Apr 21, 2021 | Day in the Life, Parenting
I remember way back on Day 76 of this blog, being incredibly rattled by the death of George Floyd and writing a post about it. That was obviously a galvanizing event in a country already struggling through a scary pandemic. It set into motion a summer of protests and...
by Schneider | Mar 9, 2021 | Day in the Life, Parenting
On Monday, both kids spent their first few minutes, faces in pillows, saying “I don’t want to [do the thing they are supposed to do that day]!” I gently told them it was a brand new week, yes indeed Amelia had to go to school and Henry had therapy....
by Schneider | Dec 29, 2020 | Day in the Life, Parenting
We are nearly at the end of the weirdest, most challenging year most of us have ever lived through. I tend to get reflective around New Year’s, and this year, probably even more so. Ask I reflect back on the year of COVID, I thought I’d spend my last three...
by Schneider | Sep 23, 2020 | Parenting, Parenting Perspectives (from Guest Bloggers)
Let’s kick this off with an apology to Jim! I’ve been meaning to write down some thoughts on COVID life for the past few weeks but when I think, “yeah, tonight I’ll do it,” COVID life takes over. Before I know it, the kids are asleep,...
by Schneider | Jun 15, 2020 | Guest Bloggers, Parenting, Parenting Perspectives (from Guest Bloggers)
Last weekend, our family kicked off another rousing weekend of staying home and trying to entertain ourselves within the same 3-4 block radius in Washington, DC. As I woke up that Saturday morning, little did I know we would reach a quarantine milestone. We had to...