Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Finally...

Well, my computer has been on the fritz ever since I installed a new printer. Finally, after spending hours troubleshooting, I unplugged all of the USB devices, and unplugged the power for the night and YAHOO! my camera and printer appear to be working once again.

Things here are going much better. With the weather starting to get a bit nicer, we are all in a better mood. Lia went in for her speech evaluation and oddly enough a week before hand started talking in sentences! She went from never speaking more than one word at a time to speaking in 3-4 word sentences. She does not qualify for any additional speech services. She is having less extreme tantrums lately too.

Garrett has gone to two "kindergarten" evaluations. Both have said that he is very well prepared for kindergarten. I am not convinced. He put on a good show. He is pretty smart- but can be a real pain and flat out refuses to do traditional kindergarten tasks like write and sit:) I am leaning towards young five's- he won't be 5 until mid- July, but I guess I am still undecided.

Caelan is gearing up for her visitor- a 5th grade French exchange student from Paris who will be staying with us from the end of April to the end of May. We are all very excited to have her:) She also has her dance recital in May, and she will be making her first communion, reconciliation and confirmation all in April. Whew. It will be pretty busy the next couple of months!

Well, here are some pictures from Lia's first official hair cut (I cut her bangs a couple of times) and Garrett's trip to the Dow event Center to see Monster Jam- a monster truck event.










Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Kreuer Fundraiser

I am sure that most of you already know about Carrie and the loss of her sweet daughter MJ last fall. Well, shortly before MJ died the Kreuer's accepted the referral of another sweet girl from China. They are currently trying to raise some money to help bring Anna Grace home.