Come on SNOW DAY!! And a Parent Teacher Conference

I could really use a two hour delay tomorrow morning. I feel like we're always rushing in the morning. We're supposed to be having horrible weather these next couple of days. This morning I was watching Today and sitting with my nose 5 inches from the TV watching the school closings scroll across the bottom chanting, "Come on Snow day..Come on SNOW DAY..COME ON SNOW DAY!!!" We didn't get a snow day. We barely got any snow here in our town. I hear Minneapolis was pounded though. I want to have lots of snow, and a snow day. Please..Maybe just a delay. That's all I'm askin'!

I met with Ethan's teacher for a PTC on Monday. I think I forgot to mention that. She said he is smart. She's really impressed with him. He's a whiz with math, reading, spelling..Her biggest gripe is of course, his handwriting. I don't know if I ever mentioned it on here, but Ethan has SPD (sensory processing disorder). He was diagnosed with it just after Kindergarten. My uncle, a pediatrician, mentioned something about Aspergers Syndrome to us. Ethan's always been a little squeamish when it comes to anything sensory. Such as, he has a Spiderman bedset. He loves the bedset, but he hates the pillowcase. He can't stand it. Whenever I put this bedset on his bed, he will remove the pillowcase. I've washed the pillowcase over and over to soften it. Nothing. He hates it. He doesn't like the lines in his socks. He doesn't like tags touching his neck. He HATES noise. The radio in the car really bothers him. He doesn't like it when I vacuum or use a blender or use my mixer. Kids with SPD usually have a really hard time with muscles in their hands not developing. Ethan is one of those kids. His hands just never got the muscle control that they needed. We work REALLY hard on his handwriting, and it just never gets any better. There are lots of special tools out there, such as pencil grips and pencil weights, and even special pencils that are made to be held a certain way. We've tried the grips and they didn't work. The weights and the penicls are REALLY expensive. They don't sell them in any stores. You have to buy them online. They also make this special play doh called Therapuddy. It's weighted, so when he molds it, it will work his hand muscles. It's also really expensive. Now, I'm at a loss. Next year in the 3rd grade, he'll be writing on plain old notebook paper. It won't be the huge paper of 2nd grade and grades past. I don't know how I'm supposed to work with him on it. I tried to buy the notebook that had the little squares in it that showed that you could only put one letter per box. Didn't work. Since she told me about the notebook paper thing, I'm kinda freaking out. What if I can't help him with it? Our insurance doesn't cover the therapy he needs, and we can't afford to pay it out of pocket. We've been fortunate that he has had supportive and understanding teachers, but can they really all keep being so supportive and understanding? What if he writes like this forver? What if it never gets better?

I just don't know what to do anymore.