Teaganisms - Take 6

The morning Teagan turned 9 years old, I was showing Teagan photos of himself throughout the years, from the day he was born until now, and he said, "Awww... I was such a cute baby."  And of course, I agreed.  Then we went to the next photo and he said, "Still cute."  And the next one, "Still cute."  And the next, "Yep, I'm still cute." ROFL

Teagan was taking off his shirt one day, and he was having some trouble so he got his head stuck inside.  I hear from within the confines of his shirt, "Man, it smells gnarly in here!"  I started laughing, and once he got his shirt off, he came over to have me nasally inspect his armpits.  Trust me, it was definitely gnarly in there.  ROFLMAO

A few days before Halloween, Teagan and I were discussing carving up some pumpkins for Jack-O-Laterns, and he had this to say: "We could just poke holes into the pumpkins to make them like Swiss cheese.  And then we could put a Swiss candle in there."  And to that, I asked, "What is a Swiss candle?"  And he says, "You jam a candle in a piece of Swiss cheese, then put it in the pumpkin."  So, naturally, I asked, "What is a Swiss knife?"  To which he responds, "You jam a knife into a piece of Swiss cheese, and it makes a Swiss knife.  We could put the Swiss knife into the Swiss candle and put them in the pumpkin!"  Sure we could.  LOL


Teagan and I were playing Kirby's Epic Yarn, and he was upset because he couldn't do this one thing, so he said, "You cheat!"  And I asked how?  He said, "All the time on repeat and continuous games."  I asked how I cheated?  He said, "You are full of cheatingness."  Of course I am.  ROFL


Near our house is a car repair and lube shop.  In the parking lot, they have a car turned upside down on its roof.  One day, as we passed by, Teagan says, "Mommy, when the van stops working, can we turn it upside down?"  I said, "Teagan, with me, you, daddy, mamaw and papaw, we wouldn't be able to flip it over.  The car weighs like 1,000 pounds."  And he said, "Well, we need to find a man or woman who weighs 1,000 pounds and have them flip it."  What logic!  LOL

Dead to the World

O-M-G!!!  Has it really been almost a year since I've last posted?!?!  No excuse, whatsoever!  Well, actually... no excuses, but tons upon tons of reasons, some of which I will try to briefly explain.

In the AOTA household, there is always some form of chaos going on.  Let me think back.  So, my last post was June 2012.  I had just recently graduated college with my first A.A.S. in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Latent Evidence.  I was entering into the middle of my summer semester at the same college for transfer credits, and to complete 1 credit hour for my A.A.S. in Criminal Justice.  In September 2012, one of our cars was stolen from our property.  It wasn't running, but the thieves had the balls to bring in a tow truck and hauled it away.  We have yet to locate it, and the police said they would not search for it, given the time and manpower it would take to investigate it.  Am I really going into the law enforcement sciences?  Shoot me now!

Let's see.  A bunch of other things happened that I cannot recall at this time, but in March 2013, we finally made the move to pull Teagan out of public school and begin homeschooling him.  We are on our 2nd month, and so far, it's going great for him.  I am also homeschooling my 14 year old niece who was not able to stay in school long enough to pass this year.  She was a habitual skipper, runaway, misdemeanor-committing, felony fire starting, promiscuous druggie.  Those last two we're not sure if she still is or not, but as always, I assume the worst.  However, she is doing well in homeschool, though she will not pass this year, but there is hope for the next four years.  :-/

Today, I also graduated again with my A.A.S. in Criminal Justice.  And will be resuming transfer credits in the summer for the next year, and transferring for my B.S. in Forensic Biology in the Fall of 2014.  I just can't do it this year, as planned, because homeschooling is kicking my ass.  Grading papers, preparing lesson plans, teaching, researching field trips, creating tests... it's as bad as two full-time jobs, and I still go to school full-time myself!  There is NEVER enough hours in a day.

I do apologize for not being more active on this blog.  When I first started it, I had planned to chronicle at least weekly events in our lives with Autism, but as anyone affected by Autism knows, sometimes, life has other plans.

My new goal, however, is to post more often.  Teagan is beginning to exhibit signs of puberty, and I can just imagine the posts I'll be able to write about all those adventures.  :-/