Thursday

The week has gotten away from me somehow. In the last few days we have been to Fayetteville, spent two afternoons at the pool with friends, gone to therapy every day, went to the church for a little while this morning, and enjoyed the weather! School has been pretty informal the last few days. Not sitting down with a workbook or anything, but we work learning into our fun. Example... yesterday at the pool we were having fun splashing and making waves with our hands. The girls were getting a kick out of imitating me making little, medium & big splashes, soft, medium & loud splashes. Medium is something that is hard for them to understand, so that was a fun way to practice. Alex has also started talking about her friends and saying who her favorite friends are. It's really cute. She looks forward to seeing them wherever we go and asks where certain people are if they aren't with us. When we are reading books I have been making a special effort to clarify words she might not know. Example... the book may say 'giggle' instead of 'laugh', so I ask her what that means. She's already picked up on a few new words. Emma' favorite book right now is "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late." I would like to get the other books by this author, they are really cute books. Today when Alex was in therapy and Emma was with me I noticed that she talks a lot more when she is the only kid around. I guess in a group or even just with Alex that she doesn't really have to talk because everybody else does it for her. They are both having a blast at the pool. They can't swim of course, but they are getting pretty comfortable in the water and try to blow bubbles, use the toys to pour water on each other, play ball (great throwing & catching practice), and lay on their bellies and pull themselves along (what they call swimming). It is great exercise, social time, and outside time for all three of us.