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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: Jack Date: April 1, 2018, 3:09 am
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[quote author=David M. Katz link=topic=8.msg4823#msg4823
date=1522548022]
That afternoon with you was far more important than being at
school. ;D
[/quote]
I think it was. I do this occasionally, and need to do it more
often - especially with the younger and newer boys. The worst
thing about my situation is that I just can't give every kid the
one on one time and attention they really need.
While I do try to spend time doing this kind of thing with the
boys when they're out of school, I think this type of one on
one, home economic thing can be very important. I require all
the boys (usually starting as soon as they're tall enough to
reach everything) to learn to do their own laundry and cook, and
they have to do some cleaning. Even though I've never been one
to do it myself (or to enjoy it), I also make sure they learn to
handle basic maintenance on their own cars when they're old
enough to drive. There's more to raising kids than just making
them behave and keeping them from getting hurt, and sometimes
people seem to forget that.
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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: Jack Date: April 21, 2018, 3:59 am
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Zeke's birthday is tomorrow.
He's getting two parties.
I've explained to the other boys, and there's a little jealousy
with the younger kids, but most of them understand Zeke's
special circumstances.
Today we're taking a trip to Legoland. We've reserved their
party room. This is mostly going to be Zeke's little brother
and cousins (another reason there's not much jealousy), and a
few younger friends whose family understands Zeke's situation -
Ennis Strouse, Brandon Malone, Eli Marchant, Billy and Jake
Worley, Jake Ames' little brothers - Drew and Lucas - and the
Cowell boys - Glen, Graham, and Grant.
Tomorrow, Zeke is having some of his school friends - mostly
boys from 15 to 18 - over for a grill out (burgers and dawgs and
all the fixings), and then they're going bowling. Since he
still doesn't have a favorite cake, we're having about six
different kinds (none as big as we usually have), and we're
planning to make homemade ice cream to go with it.
Overall, it should be a really good weekend for him, and it
should let him spend time with all his friends and satisfy his
different interests without being uncomfortable for anyone.
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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: db105 Date: April 21, 2018, 12:24 pm
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I hope he has fun. He deserves it, for all the parties he missed
throughout his childhood.
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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: kalico Date: April 21, 2018, 12:43 pm
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Happy birthday to Zeke and I hope he enjoys all his parties and
everyone has a good time
Hugs kal
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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: Jack Date: April 21, 2018, 5:03 pm
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He had a great time at his first party.
One of the things I really love about Zeke is that he hasn't
fallen pray to one of the worst failings of teenagers -
especially teenage boys: he hasn't learned to be embarrassed
about being excited or acting 'uncool'.
This morning was wonderful.
Actually, let's go back an entire week. Connor's birthday was
the 12th, but Glen's was the 17th, so we just combined the
parties. Medieval Times announced both boys birthdays, then
Marcus and Marcia had a sleepover at their house where they had
(more!) cake and ice cream, some games and a movie, and gifts
were opened. Both boys got a couple of Pop! Vinyl figures (and
there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that I was caught
trying to steal Connor's Pop! Vinyl Tyrannosaurus figure - he
was just keeping me company in the kitchen).
Well, Zeke fell in love with those things. He's been looking
all week, trying to decide which ones he wanted most. Then he'd
switch back to Lego. Well, since Dad had already bent the
spending limits a bit to get him the Lego Avengers: Infinity War
set he wanted to much (he wanted the Sanctum Sanctorum most ,
but a hundred bucks is a major Christmas present, not a birthday
gift), I reached out to Jason, Chris, and Marcus, and they made
sure their boys got the right ones. Dad micromanages, but Zeke
had a great time opening his presents. Ollie and Andy went in
together to get him the Iron Man: Hulkbuster vinyl he wanted
most (every third minute or so, at least). More impressive,
Jake and Billy Worley went in together and got him some of the
Avengers: Infinity War mini figures, and he loved those.
Also, since we had the party room to ourselves, except visits
from the host, I let Curtis give him his birthday spanking.
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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: Jack Date: May 22, 2018, 4:42 am
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After a bit of trouble over the weekend, Zeke and I had a talk
last night before I put him to bed.
Zeke is pretty happy.
I mentioned in chat yesterday that I tend to be a pessimist. I
try not to be a total Eeyore, but I tend to worry more than I
probably should.
To me, Zeke is a good kid in a bad situation, and I worry about
how he feels and how people are treating him and how he's doing.
Apparently my worries are misplaced. He's as happy at school as
most kids - probably more since there's still so much he doesn't
know, and has never been exposed to, and he's enjoying learning.
It seems like the other kids understand that Zeke is different,
if not exactly why, but they also pick up that he's a sweet,
caring kid, and most of them respect that. I know a number of
kids who are in one or two of the classes Zeke is, and I trust
them when they say a lot of people like Zeke and look after him.
Of course there are some things he doesn't like, but those are
the things basically no kid likes. The funny thing is, while he
acts like a little kid in many ways, and while he doesn't have
much knowledge or experience, he's not stupid. He flat out
told me that he hates being disciplined, but that he knows it's
part of my job, and that he's happy I care enough to bother
doing it and to explain it to him. He told me that I should
have whupped him the other night for not minding him. He said
he was glad I didn't, and that he's going to try really hard to
listen better, especially when C&C are around, but that I still
probably should have. I offered to do it then, but he laughed,
said too late, and held tight to his sheets, so I kissed him
good night.
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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: Zyngaru Date: May 22, 2018, 6:31 am
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[quote author=Jack link=topic=8.msg5828#msg5828 date=1526982168]
After a bit of trouble over the weekend, Zeke and I had a talk
last night before I put him to bed.
Liam is pretty happy.
I mentioned in chat yesterday that I tend to be a pessimist. I
try not to be a total Eeyore, but I tend to worry more than I
probably should.
To me, Liam is a good kid in a bad situation, and I worry about
how he feels and how people are treating him and how he's doing.
Apparently my worries are misplaced. He's as happy at school as
most kids - probably more since there's still so much he doesn't
know, and has never been exposed to, and he's enjoying learning.
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I am assuming you had Liam on the brain when you typed this?
But shouldn't it be Zeke in these two places?
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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: db105 Date: May 22, 2018, 10:13 am
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That's a very cute story. It seems to me that in some ways Zeke
does show maturity. I hope that after recovering some of his
lost childhood he can have a normal adulthood, or as abnormal as
most other people's.
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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: Jack Date: May 22, 2018, 1:13 pm
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Zyngaru, you are correct. I had just finished writing the post
about Liam and the troubles he and I were having, and I guess it
just stuck. I corrected them in the original post, to clarify
for future readers. Thank you much for catching it.
DB, in some ways he can act very mature. I think a lot of it is
just how he was trained to be, but he is a good person and he
wants to do the right thing, and that seems pretty mature to me
in a lot of ways. It's going to take a while to get him there,
but I do believe one day he will be able to care for and support
himself. Until then, I hope that both of us can have a good
time getting him there.
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Re: Zeke - Ezekial Jonah Hannigan Wells
By: kalico Date: May 23, 2018, 12:08 am
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Aww I’m happy he is happy and doing well even with the
discipline... lol
Thanks for the update
Hugs kal
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