Evan and Grace, last day of swimming lessons.
Grace's new bike. Her Dora bike was just too small,so we got her one that she can ride for several years.
She is a little scared of it right now, and we added training wheels.
The kids with their Aunt and Uncle from Alaska.My brother Alex and sister in law Allison.
Evan put his "baby brother" in the corner.Do you think my parenting is wearing off on the boy?
I thought the title was appropriate since it is 105 degrees here in Beaverton today. We are setting records. It is supposed to be this hot again tomorrow. I actually don't mind it. We have spent a lot of time playing in the backyard in the kid pool with multiple drinks and popsicles. Yes you heard it, multiple popsicles.
It has been awhile since I have been on. The kids finished swimming lessons. They will both stay in the same level for the next time. They both learned a lot and made great stride. I enjoyed my 25 minutes to myself watching them from the stadium. We will be signing up for the fall, and hopefully through the year to keep the momentum going. I want them to know how to swim. Soccer, piano, and dance lessons, will probably wait until next year.
Evan has been progressing well in his speech. His speech therapist at the hospital gave me great encouragement the other day, that he may only need another year of therapy if he keeps up the hard work. Let me tell you, that kid works so hard. Now in early intervention he is working with 2 other very competent therapist. He works on different things with all three of them. For the first time ever in the past 2 weeks, I have heard him come up with new words, that we have never practiced and he is saying them correctly. It brings tears to my eyes whenever this happens. His toe walking is getting so much better too. We have pretty much pulled him out of day braces. He continues to wear night braces, and is responding so well to verbal reminders when I see him on his toes occasionally. Grace is getting so close to be able to read. Each day we practice reading and writing, and she is on her way to being a reader. I love that both children love story time, and books. This was not my thing as a child, so I am thankful that they love books.
My brother Alex and sister in law Allison were here for a few short days visiting from Alaska. The kids had fun getting to spend time with them. We also found out that my Dad will start chemotherapy real soon. It will be for six months, with two weeks on and one week off, once a week. I know he is anxious to get started and to be done. The pathology reports came back clean, but the chemo is precautionary. I know we will all be glad when this is behind us, especially my parents.
We are looking forward to our trip to Florida in a couple of weeks. We will be celebrating Grandma's 90th Birthday, and we will also be taking the kids to Disney World for a few days. Grace is not quite sure what to think, and Evan is so excited. He keeps asking me if the airplane will be big, and if Disney World will be big. It will all be bigger than they can imagine. I am not sure if he really remembers the trip we took 2 years ago, but I think Grace does, since she reminds us that she got sick on the plane. Yes, we are packing the Dramamine! :-) Until next time.......
Payback...Kevin got me with the hose earlier that day
