Presents by Mail
I can’t (for the life of me) remember why we didn’t get to see one set of cousins during the Christmas season that year…but we must have been unable to figure out schedules to make it work. The upside of this is that Mikey was VERY excited to get presents in the mail!!!
As I look back on this entry, I find myself laughing because we just played with this Connect 4 game last week! Mikey doesn’t get the strategy of it, but he likes taking turns filling it up and then sliding the thing on the bottom to let all the pieces fall out. It is actually pretty satisfying and eliminates any need to pause to think, so the game moves fast!
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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