Charles' and Wally's Autism Adventures

I tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, December 12th.  My isolation will end tonight 12/19 at midnight, as my symptoms began on Thursday the 10th, and the isolation order in New York State right now is 10 days.  It has been odd.  I'm fully vaccinated and thankfully my symptoms were medium to mild and then fell off quickly to very mild for most of my time in isolation.  I'm very thankful for vaccines.  Please get vaccinated and boosted if you can. There's so much more time to think in isolation than I've had in...years.  I've been reading the Bible a lot, catching up on shows I missed, and watching lots of football.  My wife has had the much more difficult task of quarantine with 3 sons and caring for my needs.  She is my hero.  Our church and community has shown up with all the help we have needed.  I am very grateful for life, my family and our friends.  Kim created the "Ficktastic Homeschool" in our new office room for this w...

BIG NEWS!!!  We have moved to Cortland, New York!  Our new house has a small back yard, but it's our back yard.  So one of the first things I started looking for was a sturdy...like industrial strength...outdoor trampoline.  I found one that had 5 star reviews with pictures of large trees falling on it and the trampoline remaining undamaged.  So I got it and it only took a few hours to put together.  It was worth the cost right away.  Jumping, laughing, jumping, jumping, laughing.  Sometimes Wally gets hot and throws his shirt over the sides... We've now spent many hours having great fun on our trampoline.  There are few things more joyful than jumping hand in hand with both Wally and Leo smiling and laughing.  With the days getting shorter, I decided we needed lights so that evening jumping could be possible.  It's a party just for Wally. :) Wally and Leo both love it so much that we even got them special trampoline slippers so th...