Weekend update on Thursday
Wow, what a week! Friday the kids were off from school and guess what? The boy child had another playdate! There's only one other boy his age on our street and they've played together in the past, but his mom and I have trouble coordinating their schedules so that they can spend time together. But on Friday things worked out, and this other boy showed up at the front door to see if the boy child could come to his house and play. He was there about three hours and said he had fun, though the other boy's mom reported that the boy child complained of being bored much of the time. Oy.
Saturday was VERY busy, with a combined swim lesson for both kids followed by a trip to Dr. H for the girl child followed by cooking and whatnot for Easter. Both kids did GREAT at the swim lesson. I was so impressed with how the instructor was able to cater to their very different ability levels. Oh, and the boy child actually wore his goggles, which is a HUGE thing for him because he hates anything restrictive on his face/head, AND he dunked his whole head under the water! Multiple times! He has NEVER done that before, ever. I was beyond amazed. This Saturday will be a private lesson for just the boy, and then next week we'll do a combined lesson again. We've gone ahead and booked them through May as well, but unfortunately it will be with another instructor. I hope that works out okay. The girl child is swimming already; she just needs to build up some endurance and technique for deep water. The boy is really not even close to actually propelling himself through the water, but the fact that he's already sticking his whole head under is HUGE.
After swim lessons, they boy child went off for an afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa while I took the girl to see Dr. H. We were there for maybe two hours altogether and he did a lot of testing and whatnot with her. He said they did a "depression inventory" and she said that he had her draw a lot of pictures. It went pretty well and she warmed up to him after about 10 minutes. She has more testing/eval next week, and then DH and I will talk results/diagnosis with Dr. H in early May.
Sunday was Easter and also the combined family birthday party for DH and the boy. They both really liked their gifts and the boy was especially excited that as his "big" gift I enrolled him in the Lego Brickmaster club. He's been wanting to do that for a really long time, but it's fairly expensive and takes a big chunk out of the birthday gift budget. He's really excited about it and can't wait to start receiving his Lego sets in the mail!
Monday was the boy's actual birthday -- the big 1-0 -- so after school and taekwondo we took him out to a local entertainment megaplex. We ate overpriced pizza, played lots of arcade games, and played a round of indoor blacklight mini golf. The boy was kind of a spazz on the golf course, I think because he was just so excited, and we quickly turned into one of those families I used to hate when I was single and childless -- you know, the ones where all you hear is the parents saying the one kid's name over and over? "Johnny, don't touch that. Johnny, come over here please. Johnny, put that back! JOHNNY! What did I just say?!" Kind of like that. Oy. Again. But he had fun.
Yesterday was occupational therapy day and the boy's therapist worked with him pretty extensively on the bike riding thing. He did great, too -- he was actually able to ride it along the sidewalk for several long stretches! He has trouble getting started, but if you give him a push he does pretty well keeping things going. He also has a lot of trouble balancing, steering and stopping all at once, though, and ended up running into a prickly bush in the neighbor's yard, at which point he declared the bike lesson over. Sigh. He did say he would try again next week, so that's something.
This Saturday, in addition to swim lessons, we have the boy's "kid" party. He invited 8 kids and so far we've only heard from three -- one who is coming, and two who aren't. So the party could end up as a bit of a bust, and I'm trying to prepare him for that. We've decided that if no one shows up, we'll go out and do something fun and "special" like a movie or something instead. And hey, more cake for us! But still, keep your fingers crossed that at least three kids show up. That would make five with the boy and the girl child, and five is a PARTY!
Saturday was VERY busy, with a combined swim lesson for both kids followed by a trip to Dr. H for the girl child followed by cooking and whatnot for Easter. Both kids did GREAT at the swim lesson. I was so impressed with how the instructor was able to cater to their very different ability levels. Oh, and the boy child actually wore his goggles, which is a HUGE thing for him because he hates anything restrictive on his face/head, AND he dunked his whole head under the water! Multiple times! He has NEVER done that before, ever. I was beyond amazed. This Saturday will be a private lesson for just the boy, and then next week we'll do a combined lesson again. We've gone ahead and booked them through May as well, but unfortunately it will be with another instructor. I hope that works out okay. The girl child is swimming already; she just needs to build up some endurance and technique for deep water. The boy is really not even close to actually propelling himself through the water, but the fact that he's already sticking his whole head under is HUGE.
After swim lessons, they boy child went off for an afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa while I took the girl to see Dr. H. We were there for maybe two hours altogether and he did a lot of testing and whatnot with her. He said they did a "depression inventory" and she said that he had her draw a lot of pictures. It went pretty well and she warmed up to him after about 10 minutes. She has more testing/eval next week, and then DH and I will talk results/diagnosis with Dr. H in early May.
Sunday was Easter and also the combined family birthday party for DH and the boy. They both really liked their gifts and the boy was especially excited that as his "big" gift I enrolled him in the Lego Brickmaster club. He's been wanting to do that for a really long time, but it's fairly expensive and takes a big chunk out of the birthday gift budget. He's really excited about it and can't wait to start receiving his Lego sets in the mail!
Monday was the boy's actual birthday -- the big 1-0 -- so after school and taekwondo we took him out to a local entertainment megaplex. We ate overpriced pizza, played lots of arcade games, and played a round of indoor blacklight mini golf. The boy was kind of a spazz on the golf course, I think because he was just so excited, and we quickly turned into one of those families I used to hate when I was single and childless -- you know, the ones where all you hear is the parents saying the one kid's name over and over? "Johnny, don't touch that. Johnny, come over here please. Johnny, put that back! JOHNNY! What did I just say?!" Kind of like that. Oy. Again. But he had fun.
Yesterday was occupational therapy day and the boy's therapist worked with him pretty extensively on the bike riding thing. He did great, too -- he was actually able to ride it along the sidewalk for several long stretches! He has trouble getting started, but if you give him a push he does pretty well keeping things going. He also has a lot of trouble balancing, steering and stopping all at once, though, and ended up running into a prickly bush in the neighbor's yard, at which point he declared the bike lesson over. Sigh. He did say he would try again next week, so that's something.
This Saturday, in addition to swim lessons, we have the boy's "kid" party. He invited 8 kids and so far we've only heard from three -- one who is coming, and two who aren't. So the party could end up as a bit of a bust, and I'm trying to prepare him for that. We've decided that if no one shows up, we'll go out and do something fun and "special" like a movie or something instead. And hey, more cake for us! But still, keep your fingers crossed that at least three kids show up. That would make five with the boy and the girl child, and five is a PARTY!
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