Thursday

This morning Alex decided we should paint, so we did. I didn't have the right paper, so we painted on construction paper. Not as pretty, but still fun. One time Alex put her paint brush in the wrong cup. Emma said, "NO!" and put the brush back in the right color. Maybe she can't name all the colors, but she can match them. So, after messy painting it was bath time. Then quiet time and off to therapy. Alex has ST, OT & PT. Emma had ST & PT. Emma was done an hour before Alex so we went out to the playground and played with Caleigh & Caden. Caleigh & Emma played in the and box for a while and then we went inside the school to play. Alissa's kids are in the after school care since she works there, so it was fun for the kids to play together. We read books, built towers, 'cooked' in the kitchen and played ball. When Alex was done with therapy we went to eat and then came home to unwind. We went over the posters we put up the other day, read books and sang songs. Sang 'America the Beautiful' and the Doxology. Said the pledge of allegiance and the Lord's Prayer. We read some new books about helping, remembering, forgiving and saying thank you. Alex was so sweet. After the helping book we were talking about things she does to help and she said "I help Poppy." I asked her how she helped him and she said, "I help Poppy's feet." She was right. We did help Dad a lot when he had his foot surgery this summer. During prayers she thanked God for her normal people and then said thank you for Poppy's new house. Emma has been praying for her friend Lorelai a lot lately. That was her own contribution, not my doing. I love when they do things like that to show me they understand what we are doing and talking about, not just repeating or imitating me.
So, a great day. Lots of fun stuff and great learning.