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October Highlights!!!

Where do I begin???  It has been a busy month.  We have been all over South America.  We learned a lot about Brazil and a little about Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, and Chile.  It just so happened the week we were working on these countries was the same week they were rescuing the miners in Chile.  It was neat to watch and see the real live people we were talking about and praying for.   We also added to our study the Children of the World book.  It is a great book that has pictures and information of actual children living in different countries.  It tells about their families, houses, religions, and their culture.  Alec loves this!! We also spent a couple of days on rain forests.   We made a lapbook !  We learned about the layers of the rain forest, the animals, plants, and how many products come from the rain forest.  There are boo coo!!! The boys also read Brucho and loved it. A true story about a missionary in South America.   It is supposed to be a read aloud, but t

In assessing Alec's Autism...

 I am very excited about what I am seeing!!!  We went camping this weekend and two observations were made that got me to thinking... and remembering...   The first observation - He wasn't brutal!!!  This is exciting  because for many many years, everything we did was brutal!!  Autism is a very selfish world - you have to pretty much do everything they want.. or they make you miserable.               Tunnel vision...  they only see themselves and how things effect them!!   But I have to say, the older Alec gets, the more we are able to reason with him - this is huge in the world of autism!!!  Could they be any cuter??? Still not so sure about the whole fire thing! Lake Bruin Wi-Fi!!  A beautiful thing!!! Swinging in their PJ's...nothing better! Getting his Facebook fix! She is just the kind of woman he is looking for!!!! Fishing!!! Wore slap out!!!!!!  I love it!!!! Reverse psychology really works on him...a lot of the time anyway!!!