Harry Potter Fans

These photos were taken halloween 2001; MaRey was Hermione, MeyMey was Harry Potter and ReyMey was Mr Tomato of Veggie Tales. I made those costumes from scratch patterned from downloaded movie pictures. Truly most unique costumes , the pair won Best Costume award in our subdivision. We have long been a fan of Harry, Hermione & Ron. Hubby even made them their own Nimbus 2000. Geez time flies by so fast.

Yippee the book is here and I've finished reading it just this morning 6am having started last night. I haven't slept a wink yet. Glad that I snoozed in the afternoon while it was hubbys turn to read first. The daughters wanted to have a go at it while I slept but I never did. I couldn't put the book down. We are all harry potter fans from the very beginning, the girls were the correct age when it first came out. Eagerly awaiting the days when the next book would be released, reserving the book earlier and buying it hardbound instead of just waiting for the much cheaper paperback versions. In Book 5&6 we let the daughter's have a go at it first to read but this time I put my foot down and said I wanted to read ASAP so I had to do my bit to read as fast as I can so the daughters can read today Sunday before they come back to school on Monday and risk classmates and friends do a spoiler.

ReyMey, he never read the books but have seen all the movies hundreds of times even played flying broomsticks and wands he likes to do 'wingardiam leviosa' and 'avada kadavra' with the sisters so he understands if this weekend is truly going to be the Harry Potter and the Deathly Silent Weekend he asked me to buy him another volume of Geronimo Stilton so he could laze in bed and read too.

This weekend we stay all stay home to read. Hubby had the chance to talk to me about the book over breakfast as he had been wanting to talk about it after reading.

I love Lily Potter's best friend! I knew it---I had faith in him. Now I gotta go dig out his figurine which the kids slammed in the back cabinet in disgrace.

Brilliant. Truly amazing events have transpired, I can't wait for the movie... wow.

better to rant here than post on blogs

Ok, I stole that title in some mom's blog who seem s to be the same age as me because it's actually true-- better to lurk than find out that when you post an opinion which might turn out contrary to that bloggers opinion, it might end up deleted -- or scoffed or the blogger will turn the comments off-- well duh! (I read somebody did this from a post by Bev)

So here's some comments to post which I would never probably post on their blogs.

At the risk of alienating my one and only outsider blog reader, she was asked by his son if he was handsome -- and she answered he was suave. Which was kinda funny actually except that he got more confused... years ago when ReyMey still had problems with figurative or multiple meaning or synonym word, I would not dream of confusing him. Nowadays I can. Before when he asked if he's handsome (note: because he combed his own hair and even used gunks and gunks of hair gel to make it spiky) we would say Yes he is handsome-- (we'll get to the it's more important that you are kind and good on the inside than looking dandy on the outside-- and we won't even lessen the gunk or fix his hair our own way) and he would be pleased.. nay he would practically be preening. Now that his grasp of language is much more improved, when he asks if he's handsome I would answer, Yes you are looking very fit today or Dashing or maybe I could start introducing that word -- suave or debonaire. I wish she would have just said -- Yes you look incredibly handsome. Which is true actually, her boys are so suave. Hmm different folks for different strokes or was that the other way around. BTW I would volunteer to be a 'babysitter' if I'm there, I can go to the US now, am a proud owner of a visitors visa Yahoo!

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I followed a link in One Dad's Opinion and got into this blog from NewBrunswickwhere where they talk about misbehaviours in the car while dad is driving. I had those problems too when ReyMey was 2-5, sometimes until now -- he would suddenly open doors while driving -- or grab my hand while I'm driving. Before what we did was make use of power windows with central locking and kiddie locks -- they sit at the back and my son was never alone with only a driver-- he always had a minder or one of us to be in the car. Now I drive him to three different schools and it's just him and me--- we told him about do's and don'ts in the car and if he does a don't we stop-- literally. We find first place we could stop and sit it out until it's safe to travel again. That happened a lot so we got late on our appointments but it was okay we were teaching him safety (you know like refusing to wear seatbelts, or standing at the back of the van, or playing with the door handles) . We just provided lead time for travel for just in case. Sometimes parents also need to be firm and be constant -- constancy and firmness works. Now if he does that like open the door before car comes to a complete stop I make him sit in the back for a week with kiddie locks on lock and he doesn't like that one bit anymore.
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Time's up it's Friday his school ends 1:15-- gotta go.

I'm excited at that speech/sped class later as I got new 'That's Life Social language' book and 'Spotlight on Reading and Listening Comprehension Level 2' 6-book set from LinguiSystems I want ReyMey to try out.

Bye

neither welcoming holland or italy ; neither here nor there

The hub's been buzzing about this essay on welcome to holland and truly hilarious spoofs , welcome to italy by autistic biatch from hell & welcome to nowhere by asperger square 8.

I make it a point to read the blogs made by autistics because reading them always gives me hope. I adore Amanda because she has this look and actions that reminds me a lot of my ReyMey. Who would've thought that she was actually a very intelligent, warm and compassionate person considering that I saw her first as the pity model of autism on an autistic org and then she turns out to be absolutely wonderful. Years ago I started reading blogs because I also saw similarities with Megan, Kev's daughter & Charlie, Cristina's son -- them almost being the same age range as my ReyMey. NT's are weird, when ReyMey grows up I wish he would be just like Joel, or even Larry (Prometheus Rex) for that matter You see, it opens up a lot of possibilites for me, the future is rosy and he, my ReyMey, he can be anything he wants to be. And now there's another new read in blogsphere, MJ the 11y/o son of VAB (aoskoli.blogspot.com) pretty much because MJ's an even nearer image of my son, in terms of academic, humour, and skills (OK maybe not in sports) not to metion the dad is so much like me (driven). I share the same feeling with successes (ah finally I can die!)

Which brings me to those essays, having read it through, my son-- he's neither Italian nor Dutch already. It's true what Bev said -- my son, he's in Italy but he's from Holland. He can speak Italian but not quite good enough to be ever considered as local; he's definitely certified dutch but can also never quite connect with dutch kids so they think he is not--- so he's neither here nor there-- we kinda eased him out of both places--- but isn't this pretty much like calling children names?-- there's something wrong here and they shouldn't be compared to as being in Holland or being in Italy, why "country". This can definitely lead to being prejudice-- so if my children are reading this, don't follow mum, this is like when I was telling you not you to not not like Ko****s outright. Have an open mind.

At this day and age of knowledge, transportation, technology, I knew what I was thinking when my children were born it was "Welcome to this World".

PS. I've been to both countries actually, a long time ago before kids were born and I liked both. I guess since I am from the Philippines I don't take travel lightly, It's a major event-- it had always been exciting just to see a different country, any country because after that it is always wonderful to go back home unless my family was with me when I'm in another country, then it's OK to stay wherever.

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macabre macabees

Sunday here, almost half of july gone, after a prolific June blog entries for me this is the first for July.

Busy. My 97 year old paternal grandmother arrived from the states but we haven't celebrated anything yet really, no reunions and such. True the siblings, they are all here at the moment but I think they've only seen each other together all of 4-5 hours since they all arrived.

My apong (grandmother), she's very sick (not to mention contagious)-- she stayed for eight days in the hospital -- she's doing better now -- pulmonary tuberculosis due to a nasty fungus compounded badly monitored diabetes, anemia and asthma. And she came from the states mind you....(no medical records with her and my aunts never said she was diabetic--- but now she's fine, you could say, she was probably given a new lease in life by my mum for bringing her to the hospital---- my relative from the states thought she was dying and made ready all the funeral arrangements--- definitely "Addams family material" which is why I'm calling this blog macabre macabees --- the macabees being almost close to my family name--- my maiden name that is.

Creepy and waaaaay toooo morbid what happened. I ended up being too busy to shuttle my mum to hospital & back and take care of their house (cook food, grocery) for the rest of the household. My sister-in-law who lives with my parents has been having a difficult last term pregnancy being 'placenta previa' she had also been in and out of the hospital bleeding & allergies. Finally they will schedule the cesarian birthing tomorrow July 16. This is the reason why I am the one babysitting my mum who is taking care of her mother in law-- (my mom not being in that good a health either and does not like tha concept of taking a cab)

I hope her and the baby will be fine and no complications will happen and my soon-to-be niece will not get primary complex.

Anyway the new school has been great for ReyMey but an incident happened last thursday that made him cry. There was a birthday celebration and cake was given, he wanted another slice after finishing his and was not given any. Probably still hungry and you know sugar!! he ate one of his classmates' cake which the teacher took exception to.

When I finally learned what happened, teacher explained, I told ReyMey he really shouldn't eat other people's leftovers because, well they might have 'sipon' -- colds which means he could also get a cold because their saliva is on the leftover food. And I told him next time if he is still hungry and wants another slice he could just ask me and I'll get him a slice of cake or some other substitute. Turns out it bugged him.

11pm in the evening I received a text message from the teacher that her number was dialled using our landline-- it wasn't me. Turns out the boy wanted to call his teacher to tell her that he will be giving chocolate to the girl classmate (whose cake he ate) in exchange and as thank you for letting him eat her share, albeit with no permission. But the boy never got around to telling because as soon as the teacher lifted the phone to answer -- the boy lost his gumtion to talk, tried to but then gave up and hung up.

I take this as a positive step forward. The boy initiated a call using a the teachers cell number which he found in a school letter. He tried to talk and converse it's just that his communication skills failed him-- maybe he just got shy that's all....

So I told him he can call his teacher no problem but to make sure to call during decent hours before 7pm as hs teacher might already be sleeping.

Next I told his speech and sped therapists so she can do telephone conversations with him and his group -- the more practice he gets the better. Usually when he answers the phone it's to say "Hello, this is ReyMey, leave a message" and then hungs up. oh and also to emphasize not eating other peoples' food.

My daughters they are fine, they have started having their own social life-- can we go to this party, can we go to the mall with this group of friends or that group of friends -- I have to start teaching them how to commute so I don't have to drive them all the time.

So things are starting to look up---- tomorrow I will have a new niece, I am losing weight so my kinky colon is starting to sort itself out, my thyroid nodules are getting smaller and responding to treatment, my upper right abdomen still pains me sometimes but now I know to keep away from some foods ------

Except for my morbid relatives, All is well in my world (hubby actually said maybe I am adopted after all) hehehe NOT!