Monday April 10

This morning is Andrew's ARD meeting at his school.  We've only been to one ARD meeting so far, so seeing how they do the "end of the year" stuff will be interesting.  I'm anxious to hear what they plan to do for/with him next year.

This weekend, Kourtney called Larry "dada".  She said it in a teasing way, as if to say it like it was a joke.  Larry paused for a minute & said "But Kourtney, you have a dada.  You don't need two of them."  She giggled & shrugged her shoulders & moved on.  Later, she called him "dada" again & again he reminded her that she has a daddy.  She seems to go in spurts on calling me mama....so it may be the same with Larry.  I know he wants her to love him, but he's struggling with her calling him dad.  He tried to convince her to come up with some funny/silly/cool name like "Uncle Dad" or "Larry Boy" or "Uncle LarryBoy".  She hasn't picked one yet & seems to say "Uncle Larry" most often.  Please continue to pray for her as she figures out what we are & what to call us.

Andrew & I finished his grief workbook (the one from MADD) this weekend.  He couldn't bring himself to write anything else in the whole book -- he just claims that he hasn't had the feelings that the book suggests (anger, sadness, etc).  The walls seem to still be there as far as his feelings are concerned.  Now & then he mentions his mom or dad in a way that shows some emotion, but basically he's pretty closed when it comes to the topic of his parents.  Kourtney, on the other hand, will talk about them all day long without slowing down.  She & I also did a few more pages in her workbook.  She acts like she understands the concept of mommy being gone, but I think her little 5yr old mind is still pretty confused.  On a page where it asks you to list people who help you feel better when you're feeling sad (about her mom's death), she listed "mommy" & "daddy", several pets (which she doesn't have here), her teacher at her old school.  Poor baby is going to take a long time to adjust, I guess.