As we’re all anxious for Spring to start, Dave and I thought it would be funny to do a comic strip on a “What If” scenario. Here’s the back story on the most recent comic strip.
Dave and I had gone out to check our garden and see if any of the bulbs were coming up. Trying to get him to understand a humorous situation, I said “Wouldn’t it be funny if the flowers just popped up fast!”
Although with these recent freezing temps, I’m hoping our hard work doesn’t go to waste.
As most of you know, David has autism. It often creates difficulty in understanding social situations. We’re developing a series to help bridge the gap with social situations. Using the comic strip format that David has become accustomed to, we’re using a simple 3-panel explanation to reinforce certain ideas that David lives through.
This first series we’re working on is “What To Do When Friends Come to Visit”. We’re working on several comic strips to further this, but so far the ones we’ve created have worked beautifully.
Here we see Dave and his friend Mrs. R, who comes to visit from time to time. They’re taking pictures of one another. So having drawn out the scenario first, it helped that visit go much smoother.
A special thanks to Mrs. R who dedicates so much time to our friendship. We’re so lucky to have you around!
As many of you know, David had landed a job to illustrate a comic strip for a monthly newsletter of a local business. January’s edition was published earlier this week! Dave was given the assignment, and got right to work.
I published the comic strip under the Fun Facts tab, so be sure to check out the page to get all the extras.
Dave’s been hard at work as you may have seen all the new material (The new Comic Strip, Joke Gallery & the new Coloring Pages) we’ve posted the past few days.
Here’s a quick video of Dave working on some new artwork for the joke gallery. You’ll notice he has headphones on as he’s listening to Mozart while he works. He narrates the joke, and if you’ve seen the artwork in the Joke Gallery, you’ll understand this…It’s dedicated to Mr. Butler. Thanks Mr. B for all your hard work, not just in math, but you always “got” Dave. A special thanks also to Mrs. Raye, who worked diligently with Dave in his math class for many years.
Dave working on a joke
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Today was a rather special day as Dave and I went over to the old school to pay a surprise visit. Well only a few people knew we were coming as I called to make sure it was okay for us to swing by (Thanks Mrs. Comstock for the greenlight!). Dave had written out all his Christmas cards himself (as he does every year-some years numbers went into the 60s) to the 30 something friends (teachers) he was going to distribute, and so I took him to give them out.
Dave was allowed to distribute his Christmas cards through the mail room, as that was his old job at KRHS. So he knew all too well how to manage the territory. We had been told that he could do that after the mail job was done, which Mrs. G & Mike ordinarily do. But today while Dave was there, he saw a pile of mail and started to help out. He helped get the job done pronto, leaving plenty of time to distribute his own mail.
It was great to see so many familiar faces as we waited in the office, and then as we were in the mail room we got to see a few more friends as they stopped by to get their mail.
After we took a stroll down the halls, to see who we could visit. I’m sorry that we didn’t have more time as we missed going to see Mr. Meyers and Mr. Carnegie. But we did make it over to a few of the old classrooms, where Dave got to tell a few jokes. Then we went down to D-10 as he got to see the rest of his old friends. The boys seemed happy to see Dave, which I was so glad to see. They were all giddy talking about the PuppyDucks site, and some of the old routines they use to cover together like the Muppets and other fun characters that I know Dave brought to the table. Ms. Nugent even had a gift for Dave, which he sought out and found a place for as soon as we got home. We managed to scam a few pictures, although I wish I had taken more.
I truly feel so fortunate, as we were welcomed with open arms, smiles, hugs and a true sense of joy to see David. I know I’ve said this before, but I miss you all so much! I’m truly thankful that we can stay in touch, and drop by once in a while.
Thank you all for the holiday wishes, you truly made my Christmas season start today.
My apologies as I had to remove a few of the pictures as I had been advised it would not be appropriate to have pictures of the kids at school, without permission from their parents.
