Saturday catch-up

First, a couple of recent images. At right is a note Brian wrote to Thanh, one of Abby's school friends. We'd been talking about how we need to invite Thanh over again for a play date, since it's been a while. I plan to invite her next week, but Brian wanted to write his own note of encouragement to her. He wrote the entire thing himself, with some help on the spelling of words.

And here we have Officer Timmy. Well, I suppose it's really Captain Timmy, since it's more of a nautical hat than a law-enforcement one. But he certainly doesn't look amused as you're fumbling for your license and registration, does he?

In other news, it's been a good week. We had Abby's team meeting for her IEP on Wednesday, and it was a good one. This year was Abby's three-year re-evaluation for special education services, and the many tests and reports we received as a result of that re-evaluation process were very helpful in identifying Abby's strengths and challenges. Moreover, we really got the feeling that the 12 (!) people around the table really knew Abby and truly had her best interests in mind when making recommendations. There are a few things we're still working on as a team, but overall it's been a really productive and comfortable process. We're hopeful that her new IEP will be in place soon.

I've also been productive, writing-wise, meeting a couple of deadlines on Friday and getting to work on two more stories. And I received my first magazine contract this week! I'll be sure to post the link when the piece is published, in a couple of months.