Oh March, why must you tease us, sunny warm days, then cold winter-like mornings. Just let it be spring already! We want to stay outside and play without having to put our winter coats back on. 
I have been lost for several weeks now without my favorite camera. It broke during the insane ice sledding adventure in the Poconos, but thankfully it was still under warranty, so off to Sony it went and I was left with my cell phone camera. No comparison. 
So it must be spring because Kevin has re-done the pond, or the waterfall. This seems to a regular spring occurrence. Though he swears this is the last time, he has it just the way he wants it (I think I have heard this before). But, it looks great, as always he did a wonderful job. 
While Kevin was slaving away on the pond, I took the initiative to have playground mulch delivered with my neighbor and then I fixed up the play area. That was hard work, manual labor is not my cup of tea, but the play area looks great and it has alot more cushion to it given the high flying antics of Alek and Maks.
Other new happenings in March, is that I started working per diem at a nursing home. I really missed patient care, and I found a perfect set-up. I have only worked a few times, but I really enjoyed it.
Alek and my friend's daughter, E, received late Christmas presents when Mary Poppins came to town. We had a fun night, though I have to say I was disappointed in their choice of restaurants downtown. Applebee's, so much for nice dinner before the theatre! The show was great though. I really enjoyed it. Alek kept swearing that the little boy playing Michael Banks, was his friend Xander. He did kind of look like him, but I had to keep explaining to him, that this kind of show is a huge deal and if Xander was in it, we would have known.
Maks had his IEP. His speech has improved so much. He still struggles with his R, TH, but she said that still falls within the normal for his age. His receptive language went from delayed to above average and his expressive went from moderately delayed to average. He is still struggling with the volume issues and we are always reminding him to breathe and exhale as he speaks and also to speak like he is singing. He complies but then a second later is talking extremely loud. The therapist said it is very hard for his age to change behavior. But hopefully his vocal cord nodules wont get worse. next week he has an evaluation by the school district's speech pathologist and that will help determine his services in the fall. For now, the IU is switching him to once a month.
March also means the start of baseball. Maks was finally getting to play TBall. He was so excited. He laced up his spikes, grabbed his glove and picked out a baseball hat, oh and several layers of clothes and his winter coat. He was "drafted" by the Royals. He did good his first practice. TBall is a trip. He did pretty good in terms of paying attention. He has a strong arm and he hit well, the problem is running. He didn't quite grasp that. It was funny, he was just hanging out on each base and didn't run until a coach lit a fire under his rear.
While Kevin was slaving away on the pond, I took the initiative to have playground mulch delivered with my neighbor and then I fixed up the play area. That was hard work, manual labor is not my cup of tea, but the play area looks great and it has alot more cushion to it given the high flying antics of Alek and Maks. 
Other new happenings in March, is that I started working per diem at a nursing home. I really missed patient care, and I found a perfect set-up. I have only worked a few times, but I really enjoyed it. 
Alek and my friend's daughter, E, received late Christmas presents when Mary Poppins came to town. We had a fun night, though I have to say I was disappointed in their choice of restaurants downtown. Applebee's, so much for nice dinner before the theatre! The show was great though. I really enjoyed it. Alek kept swearing that the little boy playing Michael Banks, was his friend Xander. He did kind of look like him, but I had to keep explaining to him, that this kind of show is a huge deal and if Xander was in it, we would have known. 
Maks had his IEP. His speech has improved so much. He still struggles with his R, TH, but she said that still falls within the normal for his age. His receptive language went from delayed to above average and his expressive went from moderately delayed to average. He is still struggling with the volume issues and we are always reminding him to breathe and exhale as he speaks and also to speak like he is singing. He complies but then a second later is talking extremely loud. The therapist said it is very hard for his age to change behavior. But hopefully his vocal cord nodules wont get worse. next week he has an evaluation by the school district's speech pathologist and that will help determine his services in the fall. For now, the IU is switching him to once a month. 
March also means the start of baseball. Maks was finally getting to play TBall. He was so excited. He laced up his spikes, grabbed his glove and picked out a baseball hat, oh and several layers of clothes and his winter coat. He was "drafted" by the Royals. He did good his first practice. TBall is a trip. He did pretty good in terms of paying attention. He has a strong arm and he hit well, the problem is running. He didn't quite grasp that. It was funny, he was just hanging out on each base and didn't run until a coach lit a fire under his rear. 
He seriously cracks me up. He is so entertaining. Hopefully next practice on Saturday will be warmer! We are still waiting on Alek's draft notice and he should start practice next week.
Well we hope the sun and warm air decide to come soon and stick around, because we are sure sick of this cold!
1 comment:
hey kris!! the boys are getting so big! i loved the shot of maks over the plate -- some things never change: his enthusiastic volume in voice, and his enthusiasm for eating :)
very sweet photos!! come on spring!
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