Photo share from this Winter

Just sharing some photos from my phone.  Most of these made it to Facebook. 😀

Been a while...

Sorry, it's been a while since I last posted to the blog.  Part of the issue is that Blogger uploading isn't exactly mobile-friendly; it's difficult to get content from the phones on to the blog.  It's far easier just to upload it to Facebook. But, since I have the time and I don't seem to be sleeping, and I should be sleeping, I figure I will upload this video from Hugo's recent Spring performance at his school. It is mostly just a dance routine. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas

A few from Christmas Eve and this morning. It's all about the boys! 🎅🎄⛄😀

Picture share

More images taken in the past couple of weeks...

A visit with Santa!

We've been busy, but we got a visit with Santa at a kids party at our local Czech beer garden! 🎅

And a few more...

At the White House, October 2016

Americans!!!  Even though Hugo strongly disliked "George Washington DC."

Halloween 2016

Yoga practice.

New York Cosmos game with Dash — Hamstead NY

Hugo at McDonalds — November 2016

Hugo and Dash after bad haircuts — still happy

Hiding Hugo

A few recent photos

Train into the city.

Walking the High Line, NYC — November 2016

Hugo and his dominos.

Dash and Uncle Mike, and dominoes.

The boys with Uncle Mike and LoLo!

Casio keyboard practice.

Dash tries on Hugo's turkey hat.

Visiting Ben Moss and Dartmouth — In front of Dartmouth Hall

Hugo at Gene, Jocelyn, and Justus'

Hugo's Halloween Party dance

(Video Link)

This was a great unexpected surprise for mom.  I went to volunteer at Hugo's school party and basically ignored him (Spiderman) so he wouldn't beg me to go home early (his usual trick).  Turns out he ignored me too because he had a performance to do!   I didn't know it was coming but noticed he was laying on the ground like a corpse and then the "Monster Mash" song started playing.  Hugo's class was the only one to dance.  This is a school of mostly classes of 6 kids, his is the only 8, so you'll notice the kids are older/taller.

More about the school and why it looks like a prison yard:
This Autism-only public school is located in a series of trailers behind a traditional brick school.  Each trailer contains a classroom.  The trailers are tightly fenced in.  There are cargo containers used as storage.  You either love this idea or hate it.  It is definitely not pretty, but each trailer is very much a home to the class.  

Halloween can be a really difficult holiday for Hugo.  His senses are overwhelmed.  But different this year is how he observed others having fun and pushed through his anxiety to join in.

Halloween 2016

Besides the awesome costumes, the best part of this evening was Hugo overcoming his serious anxiety about going out on Halloween night to go trick-or-treating for the very first time.  And he had a ball!  So did Dash, the cutest Pikachu in East Astoria.

Dance Moves...

Our boys love to ham it up! If you can't see the video below, click here.

Still more...

Some shots of the boys...