Jennifer Briggs

Lately Sarah loves to sit on the floor of her room and read books. Sometimes she doesn’t want to get dressed for school because she wants to keep reading! Other times she has other reasons for not wanting to get dressed for school. And then sometimes we get easy mornings and she gets dressed without… Read more »

Sarah had her first rehearsal for Peter Pan, her school’s musical. She and her classmates from the St. Anthony’s School Program are in the ensemble. Her teacher said Sarah mostly just wanted to flip through the script book and told her teacher she felt stressed. I don’t know if she actually felt stressed or if… Read more »

Mornings went well this week. Sleeping is going well, with everyone in their own rooms. Friday was interesting with tears on both ends. Amy was distressed Friday morning as she tried to come up with the perfect Baker outfit for her school’s Career Day. Eventually she settled for a white shirt, black pants, and an… Read more »

Happy Valentine’s Day! We were all excited to dress up for the day. I woke up early to make donuts with pink frosting and chocolate chips. I also made chocolate covered strawberries for the girls to have after dinner. They are so delicious and so simple! Thanks to Grandpa for babysitting, Carl and I were… Read more »

Sarah’s birthday party was indeed a great success. Grandma played German music, Grandpa wore his stripes, Sarah only went outside without our knowledge once, Sc. did face and arm painting, the food was good, and everyone had a good time. My pictures are a bit blurry because it is hard to get good pictures of… Read more »

We finished painting the girls’ new bedrooms and yesterday began moving them into their rooms. There is still a ton to do before our house is back to some semblance of order, but we made excellent progress. Amy was ecstatic as she went to bed in her own room. Sarah was having none of it… Read more »

It has begun. This past Monday we emptied what used to be the Sarah-Rise room and what used to be the girls’ shared bedroom. Carl spent time each night this week working on wall and ceiling repair. Yesterday we did more wall repair, sanding, vacuuming, wall-cleaning, and taping. Amy loved spackling and Sarah was an… Read more »

Last Sunday after I wrote my update, the day went downhill. Everyone seemed to be clashing with everyone. Amy continues to have times when she has no space for Sarah to be her sister and to be Sarah. Walking most of the way home independently has helped, but then the anger towards Sarah is there… Read more »

Sometimes you know a change may come eventually and then suddenly you realize that the time is now. As you know, the walks home from Amy’s school are often fraught with Amy being mad at Sarah for being there, for walking, for existing, for pushing a stroller. It was heartbreaking for me to hear as… Read more »

Amy has braces! She picked clear brackets with teal rubber bands holding the wire on the brackets. As you can imagine, her first few days were rather miserable at meal time. Even mac and cheese was too uncomfortable to eat, so she had lots of applesauce and mashed potatoes. By the time school started she… Read more »