2e Tuesday: In the Eye of the Storm
When I started this blog seven years ago today I had a toddler, a preschooler, and the misguided belief that things would get easier when they were older. Oh silly silly Jen! The boys may be able to fasten their …
Gifted & Twice-Exceptional
My own personal cheering section
My husband is awesome. We are so very much alike, and sometimes that isn’t always good, but he is absolutely my #1 fan. My own personal cheering section. I hope I’m the same for him. Tonight, after a very long …
I interrupt this break for this semi-important message
Yeah, yeah, I’m still on a break. Lounging around and holding down the couch and all that. Doing nothing* won’t do itself, you know. But I wanted to let the Chicago area folk know that I’m giving a presentation on …
2e Tuesday: Executive Function issues
*AKA The brain’s CEO is out having a three-martini lunch* I’m a little wound up today. The day is zipping by, I still have to finish prepping for Thanksgiving, the house is a disaster (no, really, it needs a vacuum …
2e Tuesday: NAGC convention week
Wow, Jen! A 2e Tuesday! How’d you pull that off? Shaddup, mean little head-voice. I’ve been busy, and Tuesdays just kept sneaking up on me and I wouldn’t have a topic planned and I didn’t want to do a half-assed …
Rainbow glitter, zombies, and 2e kids
For the last several years I’ve been just a wee bit obsessed with rainbow-farting unicorns*. My friends have been more than helpful in sending me videos, pictures, GIFs, cartoons, you name it. I have quite the collection of images stored …
2e Tuesday: Finding the gratitude
When I chose grateful as my Word of the Year 2012, I knew it would be a challenge. Trying to be grateful when life continues to throw skull-cracking curveballs is far from easy. Most days I call it good if I …
2e Tuesday: six steps to parental self care
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt I actually do not like this quote much, even though it is true. This quote is the rallying cry of …
2e Tuesday: Guest post!
Welcome to the very first 2e Tuesday at Laughing at Chaos! This is a series I’ve wanted to do for awhile, and just have never gotten around to do. I don’t have any more time or brain power now than …
How can we go Back to Gifted if we never left?
It’s been seven glorious The Angels Are Singing days since J went back to school. A, of course, is staying here with me as we start our first full year of homeschooling. It’s a new kind of Back to School …