Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

Last night Sarah was reading the most high-level complex book I have ever seen her really read, following along with her finger and quietly saying the words out loud a bit as she read… it was the draft of my book about her! In my book I have a section about a time when some… Read more »

This week was Catholic Schools Week, so each day for Sarah was dress-down and had some special things at school. While that sounds fun, it may have contributed to her having some hard moments at school, especially as the week went on. She would get off the bus and report that she had been doing… Read more »

Sarah had many instances of experiencing the howling fantods this week. That is a new term I learned, although it is an old one, that means having extreme disquiet of the body and mind. Although we are used to the howling fantods when Amy uses the bathroom and Sarah can’t stand it, that particular scenario… Read more »

Did you start your morning having a hard time waiting for your birthday presents? Did you start your morning as a baby crocodile even though you were a baby panda when you went to bed? Sarah did both of these things. Yesterday she had BIG FEELINGS about waiting. At first I was trying to get… Read more »

The Great Mouse Proofing of 2023 is now complete. We hope. The struggle against the mice in our mountain house has been ongoing and we have tried various measures to stop them, all seemingly to no avail. Last weekend we discovered that they liked to take food out of the trash and carry it into… Read more »

We had an easy drive home from visiting my family…. Until we walked into our house. Before we left for our trip Sarah had wanted to order Goodnight Moon socks for my brother, to match her own. As I ordered the socks, I also found a new pattern of Goodnight Moon socks and ordered two… Read more »

While in chilly Florida, we went to the Tampa zoo and met up with a friend of mine from elementary school whom I hadn’t seen in over 30 years! She was in Florida with her family and it was really great to see her again. The kids loved the zoo. They ran to get to… Read more »

Merry Christmas! Sarah’s favorite present is a shirt that says “off to the zoo” and has many zoo animals printed on the front. Amy’s favorite item is a stuffed animal black-footed cat. She was also excited to give Carl her creation of a book of pictures of Star Wars characters. On our Christmas Eve, she… Read more »

Yesterday I woke Amy earlier than she gets up for school because she had an appointment with an oral surgeon to remove two teeth. She and Sarah have both had issues with overcrowding and with baby teeth that have no grown-up tooth behind them to push them out of the way. The surgery was quick… Read more »

We had a good week, culminating in the holiday party for the St Anthony School Program. Last year, Sarah’s Resource Room (includes multiple grades, but all kids that need a little extra help) performed Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer song, but this year it was a Resource Room from a different school who got to… Read more »