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I took the kids to school Thursday; John is having a hard time with his asthma again since there was a fire overnight at Camp Pendleton. On the way up the front steps, we met Angus's friend Connor, who greeted us and asked how Angus was, and then remarked "I haven't seen him in so long!" I told him Angus would likely come back to the middle school next door, where his program is continued, so hopefully they could see each other more often then.

I was kind of touched. Connor was in Angus's first grade class, and always seemed to look out for him then. Last year, when he found out Angus was going to a different school, Gareth told me he cried. We're hoping to have a birthday party for Gareth, and I'm thinking maybe we could invite Connor to come too, to hang out with Angus for a bit. John says he's talked with him too, and knows he's a good kid - apparently he's been having a bit of a hard time with some new students from the affluent SeaCliff development, because they seem to care more about stuff than people. However, John doesn't know his parents like he does a lot of the other kids, because Connor and his sister take the bus to school (I worry about this with Angus, too, as he takes the bus as well).

As far as Gareth, I hope he doesn't come to resent his birthday being on Halloween, like so many other people I know whose birthday is near a holiday. His first birthday party (it's usually just been family before this, but Angus had a birthday party on his ninth, so we're trying to be consistent) is probably going to be after Halloween, partly because we're short again this month, and also because everyone is usually busy on the actual day - he likes to go trick or treating as well, so he says he doesn't mind.

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I took the kids to school Thursday; John is having a hard time with his asthma again since there was a fire overnight at Camp Pendleton. On the way up the front steps, we met Angus's friend Connor, who greeted us and asked how Angus was, and then remarked "I haven't seen him in so long!" I told him Angus would likely come back to the middle school next door, where his program is continued, so hopefully they could see each other more often then.

I was kind of touched. Connor was in Angus's first grade class, and always seemed to look out for him then. Last year, when he found out Angus was going to a different school, Gareth told me he cried. We're hoping to have a birthday party for Gareth, and I'm thinking maybe we could invite Connor to come too, to hang out with Angus for a bit. John says he's talked with him too, and knows he's a good kid - apparently he's been having a bit of a hard time with some new students from the affluent SeaCliff development, because they seem to care more about stuff than people. However, John doesn't know his parents like he does a lot of the other kids, because Connor and his sister take the bus to school (I worry about this with Angus, too, as he takes the bus as well).

As far as Gareth, I hope he doesn't come to resent his birthday being on Halloween, like so many other people I know whose birthday is near a holiday. His first birthday party (it's usually just been family before this, but Angus had a birthday party on his ninth, so we're trying to be consistent) is probably going to be after Halloween, partly because we're short again this month, and also because everyone is usually busy on the actual day - he likes to go trick or treating as well, so he says he doesn't mind.