After speech class today, we go home and I unbuckled the twins and went to open the front door. I put up their folders and then look back and see Riley playing with the mirror. I told him to stop, but before I could get to him he had already broken it off. The mirror is attached to the front window and will require a trip to a repair shop to get it fixed.
Go Diego Go with Darth Vader?
Jared and Riley are cracking me up this morning. They are outside playing Go Diego Go. They are up in their “rescue center” (which is the fort on the play equipment). Jared is baby jagaur and Riley is Darth Vader (complete with the Darth Tater mask and hat.)
Kayli Got Braces
Kayli got braces today. They are only on her few permanate teeth. They will add bands as her other teeth come in. She got orange and black rubberbands on them for Halloween. She read all the paperwork about what she can and can’t eat and is very serious about following it to the letter. When she went to brush her teeth before going to bed, she brought the instructions the orthodontist had given her for brushing her teeth with the braces up with her to make sure she did it right.
What a difference at Speech Class!
Today the twins ran into the class, said “Bye Mama” and started talking the teacher about the pictures they had brought for sharing. Looks like they have finally adjusted to going to the speech class. I started using the incentive of playing at the park afterwards if they were good in class. That seems to have really motivated them to participate in the class. On Tuesday as we were driving by the park, after playing there because they were good in class, Riley said “I like that park, it helps me be good at speech class.”
It’s a girl!
We had the 20 week u/s today. The baby is health and has all the right parts in all the right places. The girls are so excited that they are going to have a baby sister. Aidan didn’t seem to care one way or the other. The twins said, “I don’t want a baby anything!”
Speech Class #3
Jared and Riley were back to crying and not participating in speech class today. Nothing seems to motivate them to want to participate in the class. They don’t at all care about the stickers she gives out if you are good. They do want to play in the park next to the school, so I told them if they participate in the speech class on Thursday, then they can play in the park. We’ll see if it works.
Speech Class #2
Jared and Riley did much better in speech class today. Riley hardly cried at all. Jared cried through most of it, but warmed up towards the end. Hopefully next time neither of them will cry at all.
More Tears at Swim Class
The boys had their first swim class today. All three are signed up for 15 min private lessons once a week. Last week they had an evaluation and today they had their first class. Aidan is doing great and will likely be swimming after the end of our 11 week session. Last week Riley cried most of the class. This week both Jared and Riley cried, with Riley screaming at some points during the class. I sure hope they get used to the class soon! We are going to practice in the spa during the week to hopefully help them get used to the back floats that they both seem to hate.
Jared and Riley’s First Speech Class
Jared and Riley had their first speech class today. They will be going twice a week for 1/2 hour each class. There are 4 kids total in the class. They both basically cried the entire time, with Jared being the worst and his crying caused Riley to cry too. They are never away from me, so I’m sure that was the main problem. Jared said he was crying because he wanted me. I told them they were going to go again on Thursday and Jared said, “I don’t want to go again”. Hopefully they will get used to it after a few classes.
A Rare Thunderstorm
We were hit with a rare thunderstorm last night. The girls did not at all like the thunder and lightening. They had me close their blinds and I ended up having to turn on their radio so Kayli would go to sleep. They boys managed to sleep through it though.