I'm an Unschooling mom in Las Vegas, NV. I have all boys! A 14 yr old, a 7 yr old, a 1 yr old and 2 teenage stepsons.
4 of the 5 have some special need or another, and the 5th would be termed "gifted" if he was in school. They all have their own interests and abilities.
Join me as I blog about our Christ-led learning approach...things that work, things that don't, and the antics of family life!
I'm not big on allowing my kids to do sleepovers, but Elias just did his first one. It was so cute! He went to one of his friend's birthday party, and when I got there to pick him up he had big crocodile tears. Some of the boys were sleeping over, could he? Oh, way to break my heart! OK! I am like 1 block away, and the mom is my friend, she knows I don't want my baby crying (if he were to cry!)
About an hour later, my friend calls me, to tell me he "peed himself" and needs new undies. Ok, here's the deal with Elias. He doesn't like water. He never has. He didn't even get INTO a bath tub until he was like 5! IF a drop of water gets on his shirt, he HAS to change, immediately. It's so weird! So, his friends got him laughing so hard he must have dribbled. My friend checked and didnt feel ANYTHING, but he is so hyper sensitive, he might have even THOUGHT he dribbled. LOL! So, she ran over and got a new pair of undies! So funny!
He made it overnight just fine...in fact, maybe a little too fine! I got up in the morning, and because I leave my AIM running all the time, there was an Instant Message from my friend, labeled 1:21 AM, "They're still up"
OMG!!! The day's going to be a wash! That's alright, he was having so much fun!!
Then around lunch time my friend calls me, she went out to run an errand, and left the kids with her husband at home. She says, "Call the house and talk to your son." I'm thinking, crap, what'd he do!?! She assured me nothing was wrong, but I was still nervous!!!
So I call, and he had lost a tooth! We didn't even know it was loose!! He bit into an apple and it started coming out! Then he asked the dad to pull it out! For the record, that's major. He has only let his Daddy pull out ONE tooth! Once, he let this one front tooth HANG for so long, it was all crooked and nasty, we were calling him "Snaggle-tooth". It was horrific! Truly.
What a big adventure. Now he wants to sleep over every night! Too funny. My baby/big boy! He's so wonderful.
