Emilia
was playing with her doll this afternoon, calling it baby and letting it dance
and jump. Then she suddenly placed the
doll’s head against her shoulder and patted its back. She kept it there for quite a while and gave
it a tight hug. This is the first time I
have ever seen her express affection toward her doll like this and my heart
skipped a beat when I realized that Emilia was holding and comforting the doll
in the same way I do with her. It was so
wonderful to witness her engaging in rudimentary pretend and social play. Made this mama beam.
Since
Monday is salad night at our house and Rex doesn’t go for much roughage, I made
him a grilled cheese sandwich instead. I
decided to put about two tablespoons of pureed yellow squash between the slices
of bread along with the rice cheese of the same color. I was hoping Rex would still eat the sandwich
even with a hidden vegetable component and he did. Hurray.
Emilia
had the first part of her preschool evaluation today and she did so well. She showed off many of her skills and was
interactive with the people from the school district. I was very proud of the way she handled
herself in the unknown environment with total strangers. I was less than pleased, however, with what
our district offers for preschool, so the chances that we will be sending Emilia
there in the fall are slim to none.
However, I still would like to access therapies for her through the
district, so the evaluations will continue next week.
During
the preschool evaluation, I learned that because of when Emilia’s birthday is
we will have a choice to let her start kindergarten at age 5 or age 6. For me, that’s a no-brainer. Of course, we will start our tiny girl at age 6. This
gives us two more years from this fall until we even need to worry about any
formal schooling which makes me very happy.
By then we should have a much better idea about whether she can handle a
conventional school setting or will be homeschooled.
One
of Rex’s therapists had been out on sick leave for the last two months. She was very close to Rex at the time she
left and today was her first day back in the classroom. When Rex saw her in the hallway this morning,
he instantly smiled his widest from ear to ear, jumped up and down excitedly,
and then took Ms. Kyrie’s hand to walk with her. Of course, Craig and I couldn’t be more
thrilled that Rex remembered and recognized his teacher after an absence of two
months and that he was able to show his affection for her in such appropriate and
adorable ways.
You know what, for
a Monday, this wasn’t a bad day at all. And why should it be when I have such blessings as these in my life?
What a delightful pic!
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