Chatter About Life

This blog is always a bit of a double edged sword for me. I want to blog so my friends have something to read and so I have something written down on the other hand I have a rather boring life and can't find something to write most of the time.
Alex is on vacation this week since it is Thanksgiving time. We had confrences during the week last week. He is doing fairly well. He struggles with certain subjects. The problem lies in alternatd methods of teaching being avaialble rather than in him just not knowing the material. He gets it.. More than gets it but he panics in the classroom setting when he feels rushed. He has an IEP meeting thursday to address but modifying how things are done for him to make him succeed as well as getting an in classroom aide for him to see for his best interests. He gets frustrated and confused easily and panics when that happens. His reactions aren't always whats acceptable in the situation when that happens and an aide would be able to help him see that. Help him know when someone is helping him so he doesnt think they are yelling at him. Which continues to be a HUGE issue for him.
As I said last week was a holiday as you know, so some talk about how that went. We always eat at home for Thanksgiving. Sort of a preparation for the insanity that is the Christmas season of visiting and visitors. It always works well for us and we are always glad for it. This year was no diffrent. We ate at home around 1. The day went great. Got up. Put the turkey in. Watched the Macys parade together... then got the food ready and ate. After we ate we watched Fred Claus in the afternoon and then headed out to the Lights on the Lake at Lakemont park for a nice ride through the park looking at all the pretty lights. We ended up getting a season pass this year so we can go back whenever we want. So far we have been 3 times and notice diffrent lights each time. .. You also get a free hot beverage from Sheetz and a free combo meal from Wendys each time you go so that also helps make it worth the 29$ for the season pass. We visited Santa when we where there on Thanksgiving but since we didnt have the camera and Alex wasn't really santa picture dressed we will go back another day for pictures with the big holiday man.
Think thats about it for now. Kid has off again tomorrow for that lovely pa tradition of no school on the first day of hunting season @@ whatever. .. lol.. It was rainy all day today.. Hopefully its a bit nicer out tomorrow. We could use some nice cheerful looking outdoor weather to get us in the mood to finish our Christmas decorations.