Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Off to the Conference!

We leave for the Fragile X Conference today!  Not sure how much time I'll have to post while I'm there (although naturally the laptop will be accompanying us) but I'm very excited to meet people, take in information, and get great pictures!  I'm also going to enjoy spending a few days not thinking about dishes, laundry, when the next medication is due, who pooped last, where that bite mark came from, and wondering how we can be out of cranberry grape juice and Cookie Crisp when I was just at Target yesterday.  And the day before.  And the day before that.

I do think that I'm going to miss hearing AJ come over and ask for "Wuss" (Wiggles), and Zack tap me on the shoulder saying "Pop" (Pop Go the Wiggles).   I'm going to miss tucking Aliza in at night and telling her:

"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite, but if they do, grab a shoe, and beat 'em till they're black & blue."

Actually I guess I could call her and tell her that!  Grandma's going to have to kiss her goodnight on each cheek, though.

3 Heartfelt Commentary:

Faydra said...

jealous for those going to the conference but looking forward to hearing about it!

KimnSteve said...

I hope you enjoy your time away. Looks like you guys have been busy lately. I'm glad to see the wedding trip was a success!

fragilemom said...

Hope you have a great and informational time! Glad you get to go with no kids and no worries - well sorta! Can't wait to hear about it.

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Labels

#youmightbeanautismparentif (1) ABA therapy (6) Acceptance (3) acronyms (1) advocacy (1) affection (1) aggression (6) AJ (9) Aliza (14) Aliza the playwright (1) All I really need to know... (1) Alphabitty Moments (1) American Girl (1) antibullying (1) anxiety (10) anxiety in parents of children with special needs (1) apple orchard (2) apps for autism (1) AppSmitten (1) Arbaclofen (1) Arbitrary Thoughts (1) ARC (1) autism (16) autism brushing (1) autism portrayed in TV shows (1) awareness (6) backyard (1) baseball (1) bath toys (1) beds (1) Birthday Boys (2) biting (2) blog change (1) blog hop (2) blogging (1) books (2) bottles (12) brushing (2) bubbles (2) Burnsville Fire Muster (2) bus (1) Cabin Fever in Minnesota (1) candy (2) Carly Fleischmann (1) cats (1) chewys (2) Chicago (4) childcare for special needs children (2) childhood (1) Children's Museum (1) chocolate (1) Christmas (4) Church (4) circumin (1) clinical trials (1) Clonidine (2) CNN Hero of 2011 (1) coffee (1) communication (1) computer (1) Conference (3) Courage Center (1) Curcumin (1) daddy (1) dance (4) dance competition (1) dance moms (1) dentist (1) diagnosis (1) diapers (2) Diego (2) Disability Day (2) dogs (1) Dolphin Tale (1) Dora (6) Doritos (1) DVD player (1) early intervention (1) earrings (1) Easter (1) ECSE Parent Retreat (1) electronic gadgets (1) electronics (1) Everything I need to know... (1) Evil Overlord (1) fall (3) falling asleep at school (1) family (3) fashion (1) fear (1) Featured (5) Feel Good Friday (9) field trip (1) fireworks (1) first day of school (3) Flash Gordon (1) Food Chronicles (2) food issues in Fragile X and autistic children (2) forms (1) forts (1) Fragile X (18) Fragile X advocate (1) Fragile X and autism (1) Fragile X carriers (1) Fragile X presentation (1) Fragile X statistics (1) friends (5) fundraiser for Fragile X (1) funniest (10) Gabrielle Giffords (1) Galveston (2) games (1) getting carsick (1) Girls' Night Out (1) Giving Spirit (1) glasses (1) global warming (1) going home (1) Good Morning (1) Great Quotes (1) guest blogs (2) haircuts (2) Halloween (2) hearing test (1) holidays (3) Holland (3) Holly (1) home life (1) homework (2) hotel (1) hugging (1) hyperactivity (2) IEP Meeting (2) in the news (3) inclusion (1) inspiration (1) iPad (2) iPad apps (2) iPad apps for autism (2) IQ testing (3) Jack Jablonski (1) Joke (1) journal entry (1) kids with Fragile X and animals (1) Kindergarten (6) Kindle (1) kisses (1) language study (3) learning to talk (3) leaves (1) lemonade stand (1) Lily (1) Little Einsteins (1) losing teeth (1) Mad Gab (1) makeup (1) mall (1) Mall of America (1) marcia braden (1) McDonalds (1) medications (10) Melatonin (1) Minnesota Bloggers Conference (2) minocycline (1) Miracle League (2) monkeys (1) mosquito bites (1) Mother's Day (1) movies (1) MVMOM Used Clothing and Equipment Sale (1) names (1) naughtiness (1) neighbors (1) nicknames (1) nightmares (1) off topic (7) Operation Beautiful (1) oral sensory (1) other bloggers (1) Our Wedding (2) outside (1) overstimulation (2) parade (2) parental stress (1) Parenthood (1) park (6) Partners in Policymaking (5) penicillin (1) people with disabilities (1) pets (1) pharmacy fun (1) photography (1) Photoshop (1) Pictures (3) pinching (2) pink shirt (3) playing outside (4) playing with toys (6) poem (1) politics (2) poop (2) potty training (5) Presents (2) protecting autistic children (2) rash (1) reading to kids (1) research (13) Retreat (1) riding a bike (2) routine (1) RSS feed (1) RUSH University (1) San Diego (1) Santa (2) schedules (1) school (30) school bus (1) school notes (1) school pictures (1) screaming (1) self image (1) self-checkouts (1) sensory (14) Seroquel (1) siblings with developmental delays (1) sick kids (5) sippy cups (11) sleep (5) smile (1) snow pictures (3) Snowstorm (2) social situations (5) speaking of the unspeakable (1) special education evaluation (1) special needs kids (1) special needs parents (1) Special Needs Ryan Gosling (5) Special Olympics (1) spelling (2) spoon feeding (1) spring break (1) staying positive (2) stimming (2) Strep (1) STX209 (16) Stylish Blog Award (1) summer (3) Sunday School (1) Sundays (1) sunshine (1) swimming (7) talking (12) talking to kindergarteners (1) Target (2) teacher's aides (1) Tegretol (1) Temple Grandin (7) Ten Commandments (1) thankful (1) thanksgiving (1) that window/mirror thing (1) The Autism Store (1) The R Word (2) the rapid passage of time (1) The Right Things to say to parents of special needs children (1) The Santa Experience (2) the Shedd Aquarium (1) The Twin Thing (6) The Wiggles (1) therapy (9) topless (1) trampoline (2) traveling with special needs children (7) TV (1) twins with special needs (1) Twitter (2) typical Fragile X characteristics (2) typical kids (1) typing (1) vacation (3) Vacation Bible School (2) video games (1) videos (8) volunteering (1) Waisman Center (2) water play (1) way-back-Wednesday (1) What I've Learned (1) What's your song? (1) when a special needs parent dies (1) Wiggles (3) Wii games (1) Winner Winner Chicken Dinner (1) winter (1) wonder (1) Wonder Pets (1) Wordful Wednesday (1) Wordless Wednesday (6) Words of Wisdom (1) World Autism Awareness Day (1) YMCA (2) You Tube (2) Zack (18) Zoloft (1) zoo animals (2)