5 for FRiday

1. Hooray it's Friday! For what ever reason Hailey was feeling better & was able to go to school today- double hooray & sigh of relief.

2. Trent yesterday after school: "Hailey, I knew you weren't feeling good so I brought you this!"
(a pack of gum)
 Hailey: "wow thanks Trent!"
Upon opening the pack of gum- which Hailey assumed Trent earned in class- she realized it was only half full.
Hailey: "Hey Trent where did you get this?"
Trent: "Oh I found it on the floor at school ... I knew you didn't feel good so I brought it home for you."
BIG SMILE

3. New Year= New tic. Trent has quit whistling, almost completely in the past week. He started facial scrunching about a week ago with humming. The brain is such an amazing thing. The doctor told us his Tourettes was "developing" and would change from time to time & maybe even stop for periods of time or possibly permanently. We noticed the scrunching (a very typical tic for Tourettes patients) coming on last week & over the week now the whistling is all but gone. wow.

4. Chloe continues to back the most amazing breads! Sunday she made this beautiful loaf- she made two of them... I wish YOu could taste this stuff- its SO GOOD. Now that we have early church (9:00AM) we have decided to bake more on Sunday afternoons- I can't wait for this.

5. This story has completely warmed my heart today. I love it. At lunch time the girls were talking about kids who have autism at their school & how they interact. Chloe knows a boy with it (kind of like Trent's) in her Biology class & he is frequently invited to be in her group projects - yes she invites him. It's not easy- but she "gets" him.
Hailey has definitely decided she wants to work with Autistic kids more in the future. She is a peer tutor to two autistic boys (who are devastated & lash out when she doesn't show up at school.)

Yes- having special needs at home- brings about special opportunities & understanding for us all.

This life is truly a blessing- but it's certainly not for wimps!