Life is returning to normal.

Other than an 'every once in a while' complaint of Jbird, he is just about 100%.  He had a birthday party today at the pool and was keeping up with all the kids.  He still is particular about what he wants to try to eat.  I tried hard to get him to try a biscuit, but wanted the stand-by of either oatmeal or pancake.

Both of JB's therapists have commented on his recent improvements.  One of them said you can see the coordination starting to come.  It is still so interesting to watch, he can repeat a sound perfectly then when he adds it to another sound, it all falls apart.  One therapist expects that he will digress a little when he starts school.  I guess usually the first week or two kids tend to shut down until they get it all figured out in their new environment.  I also inquired about problems as they learn to read.  I am told that about half the apraxic kids end up with reading problems (dyslexia, etc).  So something we will be watch pretty closely in another year or so when some pre-reading skills should start surfacing.  Right now he is so proud of himself that he is now coordinated enough to hold up (correctly) 3 fingers.  When you ask him how old he is, you can see the smoke coming out of his ears as he struggles to get all of his fingers where he needs them.  So cute.

B  - I am getting ready to send my third grader off to school and he cannot tie his shoes.  He desperately needs new tennis shoes and I have been holding out, telling him he needs to learn to tie his shoes.  Not sure who will win this one.  In some things he is a self-defeatist and this is one of them.  At least he knows how to tell time, which a lot of kids don't, living in a digital clock world.

"It is the way we have always done things".  A phrase I am coming to loathe.  I am involved in a couple of different organizations.  There are changes happening in two of them.  Changes that I am behind.  Changes that others think need to happen, I was just the one to step up and take the challenge.  I am convinced that is part of why I ended up sick last weekend.  Some of the 'ol timers' not sure and hesitant about this change. Just some of the stress of what I dealt with last week.  However, I am going to continue to plug away and make minor, positive changes anywhere I can.  By the end of September, I should know how both of them are playing out!  One more month...I can do it.

JR is very, very busy.  Trying to get in as much work as he can before the snow flies.  Soccer starts next week for the boys on Tuesday and school on Wed.  Hoping for a quiet, quiet weekend.