Ellis

When we moved to this city block last October I debated whether or not to get a deaf kid sign. I kind of decided against it. For one, I didn't think it would make any difference. People would speed regardless. For another, we've taught Ellis ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/12/2010 - 22:05 - 0 comments

But the highlight of our VBS experience this year was Ellis had his first personal ASL interpreter that the church hired for him. It was like night and day for him. He was excited, engaged. This picture makes me nearly choke up. He's ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/13/2010 - 15:44 - 2 comments

FIVE!! Five, five, five. I have a five-year-old. A handful. A veritable kid!! with a long, lean body, the baby fat has gone from his fingers and toes, his shoulders feel firm, strong, muscular. And what a birthday! Of course, one's fifth ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/20/2010 - 22:22 - 1 comment

Or, Sometime You Don't Get What You Want. Act 1 Scene: getting ready for school. Mom: Ellis, go upstairs and brush your teeth. Ellis: yells NOOO! Mom: Ellis, remember what Daddy said about yelling. That is not nice talking. E: ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/31/2010 - 22:59 - 5 comments

We all have them. The ornaments we made in school when we were little kids. I think mine was made of pipe cleaners and beads; it was supposed to be a wreath. Ellis came home with probably the best school ornament ever. The ILY glove--a little ...

Blog entry - diber - 12/23/2009 - 23:04 - 7 comments

Ellis had his winter program at school yesterday. Each class did a presentation based on the universal theme "things that move." One class had a "wheels on the bus" thing, another "how animals move", and Ellis's class, well, they "got down, ...

Blog entry - diber - 12/17/2009 - 22:21 - 0 comments

Tonight we went to an open house at Ellis's school. We got to hang out in his classroom with the other families and see what he's been up to. On the way out, we got some of his artwork, including a picture that was clearly four people. I said, "oh, I ...

Blog entry - diber - 10/19/2009 - 20:30 - 7 comments

Can I just tell you that I am so happy that it's Fall now? Thank you, vernal equinox, and your lovely evenness of day and night. This is my favorite season. I think partly because I'm a school nerd, and I love it. I miss school especially at ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/24/2009 - 20:47 - 4 comments

Ellis runs ahead of me in all his four-year-old boy vivacity. As I lumber along with the baby on my back, lugging our little bag full of snacks and water bottles, I watch him, waiting for the moment, just before he disappears around the ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/14/2009 - 22:36 - 19 comments

Yesterday was the first day of the new school year for Ellis. Since we've been involved with school since his first year (early intervention), it seems old hat to us now, even though he is only four. But he moves up to a new classroom. ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/09/2009 - 10:16 - 3 comments

While I took a quick shower during Marlowe's morning nap, Ellis dismantled his room. I should step back. A few days ago Chris remarked that Ellis had not made a fort in the new bunk bed yet. I pointed out that the bunk bed already is kind of ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/19/2009 - 22:37 - 5 comments

Yesterday we went down to the children's hospital (CHOP) again for Ellis's two year evaluation and mapping. Today marks two years since his activation of his cochlear implant. He wears a Cochlear Freedom on his right ear. Ellis is ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/24/2009 - 13:28 - 3 comments

Ellis's birthday was yesterday, but basically he's been celebrating his birthday for the past three weeks. I explained to him that first, it was Marlowe's birthday, then his, then Daddy's (whose bday is in a couple of weeks). As soon as M's ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/16/2009 - 08:58 - 4 comments

Today Ellis is four!!! We've been having Big Birthday Weekend. I'll write more about that soon. I just can't believe how BIG Ellis has gotten. My little baby who was born a month early weighing six pounds, now is so big he wears 5T ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/15/2009 - 08:44 - 4 comments

This bit of news warrants its own post arising from unintentional blogging hiatus. So this morning I woke up and Ellis was in bed next to me, naked from the waist down. Hmm--a little background. Since he decided that he was potty trained a ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/28/2009 - 11:35 - 2 comments

Dare I say it? But I think Ellis might have achieved that which had seemed impossible, that which belongs to all humans who have advanced beyond infanthood, that feat of taking himself and his bodily functions to the toilet! A week ago today, ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/05/2009 - 22:19 - 8 comments

Can't really write much. Ellis is making a tower out of couch cushions and pouring buckets of cars over them. Cheers! Email this post Thank you for your interest in spreading the word about asteroid B612. NOTE: We only ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/08/2009 - 09:33 - 6 comments

Awhile ago I posted about getting new craft books . One of them was First Art: Art Experiences for Toddlers and Twos by Maryann Kohl. I've known about this book for a long time, but never got it, and I'm totally beating myself up about it, ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/25/2009 - 08:56 - 1 comment

So I'm still navigating this two kid thing. It takes a long time to have a baby. First, there is the pregnancy, which is 40 weeks of FOR.E.VER. The actual labor and delivery part is short, sweet, and to the point, and then there's this long, nebulous ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/11/2009 - 23:19 - 9 comments

In the past week or so both Ellis and Marlowe have attained new accomplishments. Isn't that the life of a kid? Always moving to the next level and striving to get there. I could learn something from them. Ellis (3 1/2) * of his own volition, ...

Blog entry - diber - 02/23/2009 - 22:41 - 1 comment