LaLaGirl – Twinfinite Chaos! Parenting Multiples and Dealing with Autism

Kayley’s been giving me a lot of trouble lately. Mostly typical teenager stuff. She’s had a hard time moving and starting high school with thousands of people she doesn’t know. She’s made some friends, which is great, but she’s had a really hard time figuring out how to make her way as a freshman in high school. Hard to watch, honestly, but I know it’s something she has to go through, just like we all did when we were fourteen.

But! I’m writing today to tell you something she’s doing that’s completely awesome. After a schedule adjustment, she ended up with an open period – and during that period, she’s going to work as an aide for the special needs kids at school. She’s SO excited about this! As you know, Kayley has a real way with Pablo, and she’s finding that it’s easy for her to relate to the older kids who are similar to him. I think it’s going to be win-win. Kayley will get credit for working there (which she desperately needs!), she’ll gain some sense of how good it feels to be kind to those who are often treated cruelly, and the kids there will have a blast spending time with HER. She’s patient and compassionate and funny, and she’s already really popular among the kids she’s going to be spending time with. Today is her first day, and I can’t wait to hear how it goes!

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Today, my wonderful hubby took my vehicle to work so he could take it for some routine maintenance. It’s hard to get that sort of thing done when you have little kids tagging along, so he’s just being kind and doing me a giant favor. Also, I think he likes knowing exactly what’s done with our vehicles – just a guy thing, right? Anyway. Yay for my hubby!

And, I’m having lunch with my sister. Yippee! Have I mentioned in the past five minutes how grateful I am that my sister is such a huge part of my life? We have the best sisterfriend relationship. She’s my best friend, and I’m soooooo happy she’s right down the street instead of two states away.

I thought to myself, surely I have a picture of my two favorite people together, just sitting in my Flickr account. Well, I did, but it’s from Halloween. Ha! I know I have better pictures of Kim and Paul together, but this one cracked me up!

Love them.

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