And here we are to delve into the mundane.
I said I didn`t particularly want to delve into the pointless when it came to Motoki – but the rest of my life is open.
Most recently, we have moved Motoki into his own room. That is material for another post of it`s own… But the move sparked a number of small household improvements outside of that corner of the house. I suppose making a room into a bedroom sort of puts you in the mood to do all those little improvement projects that build up over the years.
Today, we tackled the laundry room curtains.
Here is another children`s song.
Motoki is 5 now. He`s still very small compared to his peers, but eventually did start talking. Once in kindergarten for about 3 months the first words began to squeeze their way out. Things built gradually from there, and now he talks quite a lot… But of course, not at age level. On his most recent developmental test, he scored around 73… Just below the 75 line for mental retardation. So he still carries a card and is eligible for services. Whether he will go further than this in terms of IQ – we do not know. Most likely he will remain “borderline”.
If he stays as small as he is compared to his peers, we may just be able to get through the rest of the time until adulthood (or rather, until age starts showing) with people just thinking he is younger than he really is. At this point there are no abnormal behaviors – nothing other than being younger in development than reality.
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I was never one for the mommy blog stint. I am not a sappy sentimental mother.
I think that is the main reason that I sort of dropped out of blogging. Back when we had medical issues at every turn, back when it was something amazing to just be able to say my son was alive… That`s when there were things to post about. But after a certain point – while I can`t say things reached perfect – there really wasn`t anything to post about on a daily basis. Or even a weekly basis. Sometimes not even on a monthly basis. At least, not if I didn`t want to delve into the mundane.
But I still like to write. Just not doting motherly things – that simply isn`t who I am.
So finally, finally, after a year of procrastination filled with lots of time consuming events… I have gotten around to freeing myself from the confines of a blog named after my son. Hopefully things will me much more fun this way.
For mild amusement…
As I have not had the time or strong desire to update here for quite some time… I decided to do a complete overhaul of the site. This may take a few days, so if there is anyone still randomly checking here – wait a bit.