Early Humans

My son had terrible penmanship.   That is if you could get him to get anything written down.   With the inattentiveness and hyperactivity components of ADHD he had happening in his brain, it was challenging for him to get his thoughts moving at the same speed as his hand.   That was last year.

After deciding to put him on a short-acting medication for the hours he was in school, things changed dramatically.   He brought home yesterday a long, rolled work he completed on "Early Humans."   Each sheet from left to right was one evolutionary step towards homo sapiens that he wrote about on the rightmost panel.  There is a sheet for each letter in EARLY HUMANS depicting a stage in the development up to now.

Here are the first two panels showing the beautiful cursive writing he was doing last year.   His writing is even more precise and by his preference, is smaller than what is pictured below from June of last year.  We went from him not being able to get any work done to completing lots of work with the concentration necessary to do so.  He is thriving at school now.





The Big Boy Update:  The shaft portion of the lightsaber he built while at Disney World arrived in the mail from Nana and Papa.   He and everyone else who's come over has looked at this very heavy and detailed sword.  He demonstrates how it comes completely apart and how he selected the red crystal (which makes the lightsaber glow red.).  It makes great noises when you swish it around.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  My daughter has been keeping the dog with her wherever she goes.   She shuts the dog in the room with her while she does things or listens to an audiobook.   Matisse is happy to be with her all the time.   She has no desire to leave.   When she's with me, if my daughter comes home she sits at the door and wants to be let out to go find her.   Getting Matisse was a very good decision for my daughter.   She is such a powerful friend and calming influence on her.