Trip to Illinois (1)

More images to follow.

Hugo's Chalk Drawings

Work done on the Long Lake driveway.

Accidents Happen :)

A brief Q&A between Mommy and Dash from this evening regarding a small accident earlier in the day.

Graduation Day for Hugo

"I am grateful for great teaching. When I was following kids through their whole day, and we arrived at the class of a great teacher it was a blessing, a miracle, something that made time pass in a snap. There is nothing in the world like great teaching. It is rare and extremely hard to achieve." 
    ~  Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
         Author, Psychologist

This Friday will be Hugo's last day with Central Park Early Learning Center. Although a sad occasion for us, Jen and I are incredibly grateful for the love, care, and commitment of Hugo's early-childhood teachers.  Considering from where he came in to where he is now, we know that he's ready to take new steps, a new journey, in his new school in early July.  As the quote says, great teaching is rare but at CPELC I would say great teaching resides in abundance; thank you for all the "blessings" and "miracles."

Hugo's first day, September 2011.  Hugo started at CPELC when he was just 2 years, 9 months.  Here with Griselda.

Jen, Hugo, and Dash with Hugo's wonderful teachers.  He knows all their names.

The theme for Hugo's graduations was "bedtime."

One of Hugo's parts in today's performance was to fill in the sequence of numbers on a calendar. 

Then it was time for pizza!

As the party ends, a little decompression time with the iPhone.

just pix

Love the Polska t-shirt (thanks Renata).

Quirky

Some of the fun "arrangements" Jen and I have found around the apartment...courtesy of Hugo.  When we find more we'll post them.

For fun :)

The Sprinklers are ON

Jen got these at the park just now.  Dash in black, Hugo in yellow.  :)

So you think you can dance...

So Jen found a dance competition on YouTube and played it for Hugo during dinner.  Mind you, this is the fifth time in a row that he's watched this video.  Then...this happens.



Not gonna lie, watching him get into dancing brought a couple tears to our eyes.  Because, when a kid on the spectrum finds a way to express himself, it's always a cause to celebrate.

Photos from yesterday

Stayed local. Had great fun :)

Hugo in a hat

Belly pic

Max and Dash were showing off their abs...such as they are.

Two peas in a pod

Dash and Brian wanted to coordinate blue shirts this afternoon.  Guess whose child refused to look at the camera? Thanks for trying, Colleen.