Winter, A Birthday, & ADHD!

I know that, technically, it is still fall.

But once December arrives, I am a winter girl!

My baby boy was born on his due date, on a cold December day.

This month, I've had many reasons to reminisce about his childhood.  He arrived with an insistent cry, in constant motion, with an aversion to calming mechanisms (pacifier, swing, car rides, etc., etc., etc).  With three other children under the age of five, I thought I would never again be sane.  
I did not sleep through the night until five years had passed!

He set the toaster on fire at 18-months of age.

He started the car before he turned two.

He climbed the backstop wall at little league baseball games

by the time he was three.

At age four, his preschool teacher suggested 

a visit to the doctor for an adhd diagnosis.

Well, halleluia....
I'd wondered if he had sensory integration disorder, 
so an adhd label was easier for me to understand.

~As a teacher, 
I already knew something about these precious children.~ 

We chose to meet a pediatric neurologist and a family behavioral therapist.  The good doctors both agreed that my sweet son 
was a poster child for adhd.  
They also thought he was a gifted artist with an amazing vocabulary who thought outside the box.

I still give thanks to God that we were led to doctors 

who saw the positive in the personality.

This school year, I knew after an hour upon meeting her that J. was very much like my boy.  Although not as physically rambunctious, she spouts conversations that are remembered verbatim.  

Her contribution for the letter A was "absolutely". 

Her illustration for the pilgrims' hard winter was 

a completely untouched white page....she said,

"The snow is so deep, the houses and windows and people
are all covered up.  You can't see anything but snow!"

I love this child.

I love this child. 

I want to take the opportunity to thank my own son, for making me a better mommy and a better teacher.  Happy Birthday, my J...
we would be computer illiterate without you!

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With winter right around the corner, 

would you like a new game for your kiddos?

I will send a copy to the first person who replies!

This packet contains "I have...Who has...?" games containing the Dolch pre-primer, primer, and first grade word lists.

You can find it HERE on TpT!