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Not A Chess Mom Today

I somehow managed to talk my husband into taking my son to today’s chess tournament.  My husband does not like crowds and new situations.  We’ve played around with several online autism screening tools and he always scores quite high on the “maybe an Aspie” tests.  I even had him fill out The Ritvo Autism Asperger’s Diagnostic Scale that I picked up from Dr. Ari Ritvo myself.  Yup, scored really high on that one too hehe.  In my house, the apples don’t fall too far from the tree - or their dad in this case!

Anyhow, I digress.  Today I am not a Chess Mom - today my husband is a Chess Dad.  Good for him getting involved with the kids’ extracurricular activities.  Last week while the kids had dance class guess who was there by my side - yup, daddy.  He is a wonderfully involved dad and the kids idolize him.  He works long hours as a planner/engineer type for a local cable company; should he make it home before the kids go to sleep the second that garage door opens, the kids scream and come running.  That’s love!

So today I am not a Chess Mom.  Today I am a stay-in-my-pajamas-and-read-books-to-my-daughter mom.  I like this kind of mom, really quite relaxing.

4 Responses to “Not A Chess Mom Today”

  1. Casdok Says:

    I think its great when dads get involved!
    Hope you had a good relax!!

  2. Maddy Says:

    Yup me too! Mine’s taken them all to the Exploratorium in San Francisco, so I have a moment to regroup after a whole ’ski week.’
    Cheers

  3. Melissa Says:

    Maddy - oh that sounds like a fantastic outing! Rest up. :)

    Casdok - Thanks!! After a bit of “head-in-the-sand” time my husband has certainly come around.

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