Proof she is freakishly strong Baby

The little daredevil proving how strong she is. Thankfully we all seem to be on the final stretch of this yucky respiratory mess. Kael is still going strong with Therapy, he got a balance board to take home this week so he is more then happy to do "ball" therapy. He also got a Ipod Nano this week....saved up his money and he has been quite happy for the past 2 days. His school celebrated Kansas B day party Friday and he made a candle, corn husk doll, yarn doll and got to see soldiers, native Americans and prairie children.
Maddie did finally make it to school Friday and they had a smaller celebration for Kansas B Day. She is letting her hair grow out finally but she wants me to get her Pokemon stuff for her Birthday Party. Ummmm no, nope, not gonna happen......She has picked bowling for her party over the Movies.....I am so shocked but oh well its not my party. Gotta get them to Target to pick out the Valentines day cards before they all get picked over.
We are now gearing up for our super bowl party....trying new stuff so let the stress begin. The kids also start swim lessons Monday so say a couple of extra prayers for them.
Y'all have a great weekend and if you got snow enjoy it but be careful !!!!

Waiting

Friday we took Maddie to the Dr and found out she probably has pneumonia. So we got a X ray and some antibiotics, they are suppose to call Monday with the results of the X ray......since we were there we got Sage some shots.....poor kid had no clue what was coming....4 of them at one time. She has been extremely grumpy since she is mostly muscle on her legs so it hurt. Maddie is coughing up her lungs....I keep asking if it hurts but she says no. Mine hurts.....feels like a elephant sitting on my chest. We are extremely proud of Kael, he got his Report Card this week and he is doing outstanding in reading....plus spelling but not so much handwriting but we knew that hence why we are doing so much friggin therapy these days. But just looking at his work this week his OT is doing wonders for him....taking his time and actually neater work has shown up so again.....WE ARE SO PROUD....ok sorry I'm done. Sorry there are no pics but I have taken none this week....between running everywhere and now the sickness I am beat.....hopefully I will do better this week.

Day 1 of Vision Therapy

We practiced following the ball with just our eyes.....not moving our head....they use a special tool, we will use a pencil at home. We covered one eye with a patch while we did eye charts. We are learning rhythm ....esp how to keep a beat or skip a beat when told. We batted a ball on a string alternating hands and trying to catch with either fingertips, palms or fists. We came home with a patch and our own ball on a string to work on all week.
One of his biggies is if you throw something at him he closes his eyes and ducks......it is something about depth perception so working on that is a biggie to get his confidence back. We also have some computer games on line to help. She wanted me in the room today to watch what she does which was quite fun with the other 2....LOL...Miss Sage was not Happy. I am hoping a later time becomes available soon but we had to get this started sooner then later. Since we had to drive 45 mins there we hit Costco afterwards....where I scored Maddie a Speedo Swimsuit for $12 ....the boy child has had another growth spurt so we are having to watch his pants since some are now high waters.

Yes that photo is him tumbling in the snow.

Finally a full week with no new snow

Now we still have snow ( not as much thank goodness ) but its been sooooo nice with no new snow falling. Both kids had a full week of school.....Kael got presented a award for reading 25 books this period, he passed his 3's in speed drills (finally) and he has passed January sight words. Maddie had 2 classmates move during Christmas break, she is working on N's and is driving me slowly insane ( LOL ).
Sage is Sage, keeping us all on our toes !!!! She did finally get her H1N1 this week and she is cutting a molar which was pure H*#$ for my sleeping until I started giving her Motrin before bed and then of course friggin Motrin was recalled but thankfully now we got some generic from target so hopefully all will get back to normal.
Kael starts his Vision Therapy on Tuesday so I look forward to see what they are going to do. We are hoping the FA guys will be here 2nd to 4th of February to see where we go next. We have been trying to get Maddie and Kael interested in the earthquake in Haiti but they are so young and its still hard for them to wrap their head around, but we keep trying !!! Heck I think its still hard for us adults to fathom all that destruction and death....just heartbreaking !!!
So Pioneer Woman's Chicken Fried steak......how in the world does that woman do it all???? This is a very time consuming dish, maybe special occasions ? But it was tasty, very very filling, and I would make it again ( but only on special occasions...LOL ). So this week its Meatloaf....Have a great Holiday Weekend !!!

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Vision Therapy

We had his tests done on Thursday and he scored poorly on most which means 25 weeks of Therapy. They wanted to do 40 but we will not be here for 40 more weeks so after 25 they will evaluate and see if they need to send us to another place at our next Duty Station.We will start on the 19th. Go Here for more info
Maddie has still not gone back to school and Kael only went 1.5 days last week. Thankfully they are not calling for any snow next week and one day will get above freezing. I don't think we will ever get rid of this snow. The kids will now be taking swim lessons on Mon and Weds next Month, wonder where I can buy bathing suits in January???
Sage ( otherwise Known as Freakishly strong Baby) still continues to amaze us....she climbs everything, gets into everything esp the fridge and china cabinet and her words are so clear ( Papa would have been happy since he could not understand the other 2 for years....LOL).
This week we are making Pioneer Womans Chicken fried steak.....arteries around the world just clogged....LOL. Ya'll enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Still Snowing

So Cranberry Juice and H2O seem to be working for Maddie. It started snowing here about 1030 and I got all the way to Maddie's school ( her first day back ) and everyone was walking out. Your right they canceled it....think they could have decided that say a hour earlier??? Brian got Kael out when he was done...Kael said he was the first taken out of his class which is strange since the post was shutting stuff down but to each his own.
They have already canceled his school tomorrow. Brian goes in with a 2 hour delay and we still have Kael's eye appt tomorrow.

So Cowboy Calzone.......its yummy but mine were sure not as pretty as Pioneer Woman's, LOL. Kael really enjoyed them, he is obsessed with anything pizza like these days. One of my best friends growing up lost her father this week and every time it makes me reflect on how many people have come and gone in my life and the little footprints they leave on me. His was ritz crackers dipped in BBQ sauce...man those were good.
So give hugs and lots of luv cause life is short.

1) Kael with IND Jones Lego....yes its backwards so is his shirt, thats kael for Ya
2) Lady on Post makes those bags out of uniforms is'nt it cute?
3) Sage with her baby who cry's for her pacifier or Ba Ba and really sucks and breathes ( it is freaky people just FREAKY ) Sage was trying to give it the pacifier
4) his Guitar From Santa....