Gluten Free Pizza in Brick, NJ

More and more places are starting to carry gluten free pizza including pizza joints right here in Brick Township. This is a huge bonus for Alex because he loves pizza but its never been so easy as just calling for delivery or hopping out for a quick local bite to eat.

At the end of summer school the kids had a class party but the teacher informed me they were having pizza - which my son couldn't eat.  Of course it was on very little notice and I didn't have what I needed in my pantry.  I called Federico's  on Rt. 88 and they had this ready for me to drop off to the class right at the time of the party.  This is cheeseless pizza  on gluten free crust made with grilled chicken and mushrooms.  It comes in one size and they give you sealed plastic pizza cutter to cut it with. The cost was around $16.99

And now, the pizza place literally around the corner, Cuzzin's Pizza on Herbertsville Rd.  serving gluten free pizza - and they have a very nice eat in dining room and full dinner menu.   The gluten free pie comes in one size - "Personal" which I would say is pretty substantial its  a 12" pie and is $10.99.   Yummy and a good price!

    

Thomas Trains FOR SALE : The End of An Obsession

Its been long overdue, and my son's traintable has served lately more of a laundy folding table than for play. But, every time I mentioned packing it up or passing it on - Alex has flipped out and demanded that he need to keep his trains.  Like many kids with autism, the trains - Thomas in particular - became an obsession for him. The hours he would spend lining up the trains or setting the tracks up "just so" - he loved those trains beyond words. 

And so now here we are.. years later and my going into 4th grade child still has a train table in his room.  The time for it to go has been long overdue.   Not only would it clear up a lot of space in his room, it would make another child very very happy.    Yesterday I asked Alex  if we could sell his trains. I told him he could have some of the money for spending money when we go on vacation or for whatever he would like to buy.   I also told him that I would set up his electric keyboard with stand that is new in the box and unable to be setup until he gives up the traintable for space.  He said yes, and then said no - and then switched back - and said yes. 
 
Before he could change his mind again I went into his room and put them into their proper bins and took some pictures so I could put it on craiglist.   I listed it high figuring I'll take a lower best offer - I know from when I sold all his Fisher Price Little People toys (another huge obsession) this worked well.

So.. anyone in the Jersey shore area looking for trains?

Thomas Traintable, Trains, track, buildings & more - $400 (Brick NJ)

The first day of school!

Well here we go again!

Back to school.

Alex is in 4th grade and continuing on with his current program with a bit of mainstreaming planned for math and science.  He's continuing to make great progress and was very happy to get back to school.  I was thrilled that he wanted to re-use his Wall-E backpack and even happier when I found out he had the same bus # as last year - the less change the better for him.

Off he went!

Today was a big day here because his little sister was also going off on a bus... to Kindergarten.  So our morning routine has gotten a bit more hectic and will take some getting used to.   But, off she went.. and came home 3 hours later very tired from her first day. She's in the class of 2023, now that is hard to believe.