Time has slipped away again and October is almost over. Wow. I think we are all finally feeling better after the cold / flu hit our house for 2 weeks. Subsequently it's also been 2 weeks since I've been to the gym (ugh). We've been keeping very busy in spite of nothing overly exciting to report.
We had parent teacher conferences at daycare. Cori is doing well and we are to work on multi-step directions for her kindergarten readiness. We're still working on letters and numbers too and she is progressing there. I was able to chaperon a field trip to Soergel's Orchard which was fun. This is Cori's preschool class; she is on the bottom row all the way to the right in the lime green coat. It was fun to watch her interact with her "friends" and it was also interesting (and gross) to see how apple cider is made.
Ben is doing well... still not walking. He will take 5 to 7 steps between Dave and I, back and forth, but just nothing constant. He was assessed at school and while he scored lower on his gross motor skills, it was due to not walking yet at 15 months. I know he'll get there when he is ready. I just hope it is before he is 2. =) School is more concerned with his lack of / limited expressive language. He definitely gets what you are saying; he will follow commands and point to objects, etc. He just doesn't say much. "Kitty" was his main word and now we're up to "ball" and "car" (his new favorite word). They are going to assess him again for his expressive language and may refer him to some speech therapy so he spends some one on one time practicing talking.
I **think** I'm over the mommy guilt for this - we are reading to him a lot more now than we were before, and we're making a conscious effort to say words to him for things "cup"' and "dog" and "spoon" and such. I think because he is soooo laid back, and his sister does so much of the talking for him,as well as just plain old forgetting what a toddler needs to hear and do for speech development just all combined into a big lack of doing on our part. Remind me of the times he didn't talk when I someday have two kids who yap non stop!
Dave and I had date night where we went to Siba restaurant and celebrated our 7th anniversary. We then saw Argo which is a fantastic film. I'm flying to Atlanta this weekend to meet my Godchild Katie and see her baptism. I can't wait!
And thank you for the prayers for my cousin Anna. Her surgery went well and they were able to remove the tumor. She has more surgeries in her near future, but she is on her way home back to SD this week. She will be moving to Iowa soon to be near a hospital that specializes in her condition.
Otherwise we are enjoying fall - playing in the leaves and having bonfires and roasting marshmallows and counting down the days until Halloween.
I have a really cute video of Cori helping Ben walk. It's 46 seconds and it has taken me over 46 minutes to try to upload it to no avail. Maybe next time....
