New week

Drew was home this weekend, we were sad to see him leave yesterday afternoon. This morning we spent some time with new workbooks that Peg gave us. I worked with both the girls on same/different and matching. Alex does great with this, Emma is still learning. One thing that was hard for even Alex was direction. That is, identifying which object was going a different direction. We got tired and frustrated before we really got into letter identification, but Emma did something that showed me she is learning. She was pointing out letters (not accurately identifying, but still) and she got to a lower case 'g' and said, "That a little letter". She's getting there.
Therapy this afternoon.

Lessons

The last 4 weeks have been full of craziness. While we did go several weeks lacking formal school work, there was much in the way of life lessons. Drew was home with us and we took Alex the Kansas City to the hospital. She knows that God made her special and the doctors help us take care of her. How much more simplistic and truthful can it get?
While in KC we visited a children's museum, Wonderscope. I highly recommend it to anyone in the area with young children. Lots of manipulatives, hands on activities and fun!
Shopping in the 'market'

Stacking

turning

water fun

face painting. They wanted to be kitty cats

in the 'doctor office' putting together a skeleton

Upon coming home from KC we entered the ravage of the ice storm. Lots of clean up and Drew's buddies came to help. Stacey's family came for the weekend and his two boys and our two girls had a blast playing.
The following Sunday my grandma took a turn for the worse and the next week was spent with family. The girls were very much a part of the process. They were part of grandma's life and they were part of her dying. They were with us in the room when she died and know that grandma went to heaven. They attended the funeral also.
They attended therapy as regular as possible through all of these things.
Drew went back to Ft. Sill yesterday and today we picked up with our normal routine. This morning we played the Candy Land shape game. They love it and it is great for matching shapes & colors, taking turns, fine motor skills and competition. Then we played Elefun and tried to catch butterflies with our nets. Last, we played with the little bears and practiced sorting by colors, making patterns and some simple addition. Therapy this afternoon.