The Grogan Quartet: Big Sis and the Trips

Monday, January 7, 2013

SWIMMING

When you have Aspergers and ADD, team sports just don't work out. Private swimming lessons have been a Godsend to us. It was the only way Eva would advance, since there was no distractions AND she had one on one attention. She has done so well, she is on the Swim Team this year! And because it's worked so well, we have also signed the triplets up for Private Swim Lessons at the Y. Here is Eva and Eddie, sharing a session since Eddie has advanced farther than Ella and Joey. Thus we have Crazy Monday (fortunately, all in one building - the Y!):
     3:00     School gets out
     3:30     Eva and Eddie have their Private Lesson; Ella and Joey do their homework
     4:00     Ella and Joey have their Private Lesson; Eddie and Eva do their homework
     4:45     Bring Ella and Joey to the Kids Camp
     5:00     Bring Eddie to the Gym for Basketball; Eva finishes her homework with enough time to go to the XArcade
     5:45     Eva gets ready for Swim Team
     6:15     Eddie is done with Basketball and I take him to Kids Camp where Dad will be picking the triplets up by 6:30 to take them home to eat dinner which I prepared earlier in the day and is waiting in the oven!
     7:15     Eva is done with Swim Team; shower and changes
     7:30     We get home and finally eat dinner; Dad takes the triplets upstairs for bed
     8:00     Eva goes to bed and I read to her 1 chapter from the book we're reading
     8:30     I collapse on the couch, lol

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TRIPLETS

"SO MANY GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES, LIKE MUSKETEERS AND ABC'S. BUT TRIPLETS ARE THE BEST OF ALL FROM LITTLE ONES TO THOSE QUITE TALL. AND FROM THE TIME SUCH LIFE BEGINS, IT'S EXTRA LAUGHTER, TRIPLE GRINS. WITH JOYS AND MISCHIEFS MULTIPLIED AND TWO DEFENDERS BY EACH SIDE. SO MUCH ALIKE, FOREVER LINKED, AND YET THEY'RE ALSO QUITE DISTINCT. THEY SHARE A BIRTHDAY AND A NAME, BUT MOODS AND TEMPERS AREN'T THE SAME. FROM DAYS OF YOUTH TILL LIFE IS DONE, IT'S ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE. GOD MADE US NOVEL AND PRECISE, BUT SPECIAL FOLKS~~~HE MADE THEM THRICE!!!

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN"T LOOKING

(Written by a former child) A message every adult should read, because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life. When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it and I learned we have to take care of what we are given. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be. When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that I needed to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up. When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, "Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking."