March Madness!!

This month has been full to the brim with appointments and surprises. Let's start off with PJ's ARD which was March 4th. We went over his IEP from last year and he met 10 out of 11 goals, which is like 91%. And the one goal he didn't meet he met partially. But anywho we wrote up new IEP goals and discussed new strategies for him. I will scan and post his goals or maybe I'll type them up tonight. But a couple things that were not listed that we will be working on are that he will follow the same type of entry/exit routine as most kids to the best of his ability. This includes walking in, taking jacket off, removing folder from backpack & placing in tray, and hanging backpack. The same thing in opposite order for exit. Also, we got some spring loaded "First" scisors from Fiskar and he is doing VERY VERY well with them. We also visited the subject of potty training. Which we are currently having NO SUCESS at.

Then the following day his baby cousin, Laura Gabrielle, was born. She was such a beautiful baby. I was just astounded and speechless the first time I saw her from her beauty. Maybe it's because I don't have a girl or maybe she is just that dang gorgeous.

Then we had open house at PJ's school. Basically it was a continuation of his ARD with me, him, and his principal standing around discussing strategies.

The following weekend was the special bunnies easter egg hunt. Always a favorite of PJs. He LOVES to see the Easter Bunny and play all the carnival type games. And I LOVe to get him and Patric dressed up in their little sweater vests and head out there. It is always held the Saturday before Easter weekend at a Park in NRH. It is put on completely by volunteers & I think its one of the best community activities available to kids with a disability.

Then SPRING BREAK! I took both kids to the dentist one day. We've had a HORRIBLE time finding a dentist we like that doesn't have a 2 hr wait time once your there & check in for your appointment. I found one! I am in love with her. She is an awesome woman and did so well with both kids. They said PJ's teeth look excellent. He even let them take Xrays, which I was amazed, I thought there was no way he'd tolerate those strips you have to bite in his mouth. The following day we had PT, OT, and ST evaluations at Arlington Memorial. We had been on a hiatus from therapy since last July. I had had enough. His therapists were no longer looking for meaningful activities to do with him. So we just quit. These ladies seemed awesome. Stephanie was the PT and she walked PJ around the gym, let him try out various pieces of equipment, had him run, also checked out his feet w & w/out AFOS. Jennifer was the OT and she was great. She saw lots of areas we could work on. And Patricia the ST was AWESOME. She gave PJ one of those standardized tests. He scored at a 7 yr old level for receptive language and a 5.5 yr old level for expressive. THAT IS THE FIRST TIME EVER HE HAS NOT BEEN CONSIDERED DELAYED IN THE SPEECH DEPARTMENT! I will finish up this post this afternoon.