The Twin Tornadoes Invade Edmonds Kindergartens!
Today was a big day in our household: the twins officially became elementary school students and went to their first day of kindergarten. Ty is off to Sherwood Elementary, which is literally around the corner from our house and is a mainstream school; while Stone is going to Chase Lake Community School, which is about […]
A Different Kind Of Bedtime Story…
Reading to and with kids before bedtime is a time-honored tradition for families around the world. And our family is no different when it comes to Ty. Stone doesn't yet have the attention span (or interest) in sitting still for a reading session but we're hopeful that will develop over time. But with Ty, the […]
Special Treat: Visit From Grandma!
Even though there is so much I love about living in Edmonds and the Seattle area in general, there is one aspect that has been hard as a father of twins: being so far away from family. Renee's parents live outside Orlando, Florida while my mom lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and my […]
New research Links Autism and Environmental factors
In case you missed it (and this would have been easy to do given most of the media coverage occurred on July 4th), a study conducted by UCSF revealed that while genetics account for 38 percent of the risk of autism, environmental factors account for 63 percent. The study was conducted on 192 pairs of […]
