Happy 1st Day of S-P-R-I-N-G!!!

Eema's overall obsession continues...

But it's oh-so-cute!!

Tears of joy!!

Eva had therapy today and I'll be honest, I don't always get done with a therapy session feeling real great.  We love our therapists and it's NOTHING that they are or aren't doing..it's just frustrating when you don't really see much progress.  BUT today was different!!!!

We've literally been working for MONTHS to find a way to get her up on all 4's and not have her scream and cry and fight what we are doing.  Today, we found that way.....her new PT brought a homemade "something" and it worked.  She loved it for some reason and tolerated being pretty much on all 4's...and dancing while doing it!

And as if that wasn't enough for one day to make Mommy happy, then we decided to work on standing since she has really been liking it lately...and for kicks, her PT let go.....

And showing off with only needing one hand to get to standing!

She stood for about 2 minutes, took a short break and then I shot that video......and yes, I'm sniffing and wiping the tears away while taking the video!  She has a long way to go but Mommy REALLY needed to see this today!!

Apparently Eva wanted to show off today with 3 people here to watch...Katie her OT (brown hair), Heidi her PT (blonde hair) and Sue her caseworker was also her.  I knew the day was coming that Katie would need to step out of the picture since the fine motor/OT concerns we had with Eva aren't concerns anymore but we LOVE Katie.  Well, today we decided that since Eva's primary concerns are PT related, we should switch to her primary therapist being Heidi.  We love Heidi too but will really miss Katie.  We'll still see her from time to time since we want to keep an eye out for sensory issues which helps!

But it was a GOOD DAY!

Need a laugh?

Have you ever seen a giraffe run? I took Dylan and Eva to the zoo and this was the big attraction yesterday!

In honor of St. Patty's Day....

I know that you are all wondering what how to catch one of these....

According to a kindergartener, it looks something like this and has to have some gold by it.....

And then he leaves you a piece of gold candy and a lucky penny.  And they grow suckers using magic beans...

So there you have it.  You'll all be ready for March 17th, 2011 now! :-)

SPRING....we love you!

Dylan, Eva and I just came in from enjoying almost 3 hours of beautiful spring weather.  Dylan was so excited to be outside and Eva loved riding in the stroller.  I had forgotten exactly how SLOW a 3 1/2 year old walks when they are taking it in.  It was nice to just go for (several) walks around the block and talk to Dylan.....he was so curious about everything.  A few things that made me quietly giggle...

Dylan was walking REALLY slow and I asked him to walk a little faster to which he replied "This is faster that this Mommy!"  He said that several times during our walk...not a clue what he meant but he would say with so much excitement.

I was showing him tree BUDS and he kept getting this worried look on his face and when I asked him if he wanted to touch one, he looked at me like I had 3 heads and started backing away.  I finally figured out that he thought I was saying tree BUGS!  Once I explained what I was saying he said, "Ohhhhh...you know Mommy BUDS are okay, bugs are not!"

He really wanted to go play on the school playground but I knew the kids would be coming out for recess soon so I showed him a city park that's kind of hidden and he climbed up to the top of the structure and got all excited telling me that he could see sissy and I HAD to come see.  Well, sure enough, there was Kira playing and he was SCREAMING at her and waving!  He's convinced that she waved back so he was happy.

After we were done there, we walked through a grassy area (muddy area) and went on an "adventure!"  Dylan was thrilled and kept saying it was the best adventure ever....mud and all.  We got to the top of this hill and I realized that Eva had her shoes off and one sock was missing.  Dylan said that it was okay because we had lots of sock at home and maybe another little kid could use that sock!  Since we had her shoes, I agreed with him and we left our sock somewhere in the muddy mess! :-)

We walked a little further and he said, "Look there's Eva hair pretty over there!"  I looked and it looked like hers...I looked in the stroller and apparently on our previous walk down that sidewalk, she pulled it out and tossed it without me noticing!  Apparently she was bored in the stroller! :-) Funny though, she never threw her paci out!!

After that Dylan decided he needed a snack and some water so we headed home....walking even slower.  He's not watching Wiggles and having a snack....looking quite tired!!

I wish I had taken my camera with me today but I didn't think we'd be gone as long as we were and I'm willing to bet that this won't be our last adventure together!  Hoping the weather is nice tomorrow and we can head to the zoo!!

Weekend fun!

The kids were soooo excited to get outside this weekend.  We got home from church on Sunday and they couldn't wait to change their clothes and go play!  They didn't want to come in but I finally got them in for lunch and a nap....right after nap, it was back outside for more fun!

Dylan would run and dive over the ball...pretty good for a kid who HATED these balls in therapy!

He started screaming right after I took this picture because there was an ant on the slide...I get the feeling it's going to be a long spring and summer if he doesn't get used to the bugs!!

Kira was talking to the birds!! ;-)

Eva was perfectly content to sit in her highchair with a couple of spoons, a bucket, sippy cup and few crackers.....that was about an hours worth of entertainment for her!

Jason had an exciting weekend of putting a new kitchen sink in.....looks so much nicer!!