Being Jewish, for us adults, the order of the day is Chinese food and movies. Given that the Monster’s not liable to want to sit through a movie and isn’t fond of Chinese food, there were other plans made. Continue reading
holidays
For Me?
I’m going to call this serendipity. I think it’s funny that Autism Speaks called this out this morning, but… it’s just timely.
Hanukkah starts tomorrow night, which means that we ran into the inevitable question last night from the Monster’s grandparents, when they were over watching the kids – what do the kids want for Hanukkah? Continue reading
A Turkey of a Day
So much for my hopes that the Monster would be cooperative in a culinary sense. He really had no interest in the turkey even though it looked like chicken, which he does eat, and veggies were verboten. However, at least he had a muffin, so he didn’t go to bed hungry, and ate like a demon this morning when he got up. Continue reading
Traditions
Some traditions are harder to keep than others, sometimes.
For the wife, Thanksgiving is a day to get up, eat breakfast, and watch the parade while trying to figure out what we’re going to bring to dinner. (Well, that and go through the Black Friday circulars.) Continue reading
Off to Shul We Go
Sorry for not being around for a few days. We ended up going (without much forethought) to the Renaissance Festival on Sunday – I’ll write about that in a day or two – and then we ran smack into Rosh Hashanah.
And I’m going to dive right into my topic of the day – we didn’t take the Monster to services for Rosh Hashanah, and I’m perfectly fine with that decision. Continue reading