Zachary hasn't been working a ton since the mids have left the Naval Academy- we've loved having him home more! In this picture, we were not moving- promise.
We had a meeting with Liam's Child Find specialists today. We got a report on his "performance age level/age range" for a variety of areas. While the numbers were kind of scary, the specialists reassured us that he knows a lot more than he shows us so the numbers aren't really accurate. So for instance, his cognitive age equivalent is 2.7 even though he's 3 years and 8 months old. His communication age equivalent is 2.1, his social/emotional is 1.8, his adaptive (having to do with self-help like dressing, eating, etc.) is 2.5, his fine motor is 2.2 and his gross motor is 2.2. So this explains a lot! It explains why he gets so frustrated because he is super smart but isn't able to express everything he knows. It also means that since he is more than 25% behind, he gets to continue services. He will have different specialists during the summer and depending on how he's doing at the beginning of the school year, they may place him in a preschool environment with other kids for 2-5 days a week to improve these scores- we'll see! This is what Malia was doing while we were going through all the information:
When we got home, we took naps and then Malia and I headed out to meet Amy, Evie, Annie and Ashley for a playdate at Kinder Farm Park. Zachary sent me this picture of Liam- this is closest we're going to get to him using the potty for a while I'm afraid.
I had so much fun getting to spend one-on-one time with Miss Malia. She loved the animals- she talked to this chicken:
She actually put her hand through the fence and touched these pigs:
Saw this on facebook and loved it:
So we took Liam's door knob off and put it back on with the lock on the outside because nothing else is working. I forgot to lock it after bringing him a snack so this is what we found when we came upstairs to go to bed:
I follow this MOPS Swap Page and one day, a lady was getting rid of 18 month girl clothes so I quickly claimed them. One article in my goody bag was this little bath robe. Malia is a fan. Also, she has many faces.
First here's a picture of Malia copying her momma. I've been using this roller on my quads because they have been so sore. I did it a few hours before this picture was taken- she's got a good memory!
Also, I saw this today and laughed out loud because Zachary was sitting right next to me.
Anyway- now onto to the fun part of today! Zachary runs. A lot. So he was running the other day and found this tiny little playground in a neighborhood that he has never seen kids on so we drove there to check it out.
After they were tired of the new playground equipment, we went on a walk. We found honeysuckle and pointed out some butterflies and birds- it was fun! Until Liam tripped and busted his knee open- that ended our excursion real quick! Have to share another Facebook picture I saw:
And a picture of our cats- Joey had been grooming Marley for a solid five minutes before I finally got a picture of them. They love each other.
Bubble Guppies: the only thing that can make both of my children sit still for more than 30 seconds.
Zachary loves grilling on the weekends and Malia loves being out there with him. Liam and I are more inside people- I love being outside in the fall. When it's over 80 degrees, I like to head back inside in the air conditioning. How sweet is this:
Malia got a lot of playtime outside and I risked waking her up by taking these pictures but she was out so we were fine. I checked on her 20 minutes after she went to sleep:
Then- now that Liam has mastered the door knob covers I can find, he and his partner in crime break into our room all the time and go straight to closet and destroy it. I've got to figure something out. Anyway- I'm not too mad about it today because I got these pictures & video from it:
The kids ate yogurt for breakfast by themselves this morning- they love it so much!
We have had to really think hard about how to arrange Liam's room because this boy will not sleep at night. While I was in NC a couple weekends ago, Zachary was rearranging the house and the desk broke while he was trying to move it. So we put part of it in Liam's room to organize some of his toys. Well we decided to move everything out of his room so his room is only for sleeping and when I went to move the desk part in his room I discovered he's been getting in the drawer...
After I moved some stuff around I took them out in our backyard to try to wear them out- trying everything I can to get him to sleep!
This picture reminds me so much of another picture that I'll put below it:
Oh and by the way- Dominos sells a Smores Cookie. It's delicious.
Night one of no toys and lots of outside time was successful!
