Last full week of March 2009

Above is a scene Jude made from pipe cleaners. To the far left is a tree with the sun, next is a lion getting ready to pounce on the red antelope at the waters edge and the final piece is a great white shark in the water. Quite a scene!

This is Jude's St. Patty's breakfast of Green Eggs and Ham.... with toast and jam! Oh yes and green milk too!

Jude helping Daddy work on the car. Each one with his own tool box!

Jude's been working on reading his next chapter book, another Ready Freddy book. He only has a few chapters left. He has finally started a nature book! He finds different birds and draws pictures of them. Then we go online to a great site that allows him to choose shape, color, size, beak length, etc. to find the exact bird he saw. He really enjoys it. Then we get to read all about that bird and listen to it's call. He has also drawn some regular pictures of things he sees. It's been a great book to keep in the bag with us when we are in the car.

Jude had a wonderful time at Dani Beth's skating party! He seemed to get along really well with the other kids. He struggles at times to socialize properly but he did great! Of course the kids were all so loving and non-judgemental it would be hard to not get along with them!

This week Jude choose more books on reptiles and amphibians. Luckily this week when we had an appt. for Lainey at Children's Hospital in Columbus it was later in the day and we left early and made a short stop at Cosi. We all love it there. Last time we just missed the opening of the Frog exhibit (it's a traveling one), but we went this time. Jude loved seeing all the different frogs. They even had tadpoles and we were able to see leg/arm buds forming on some of them. He took lots of time reading the info posted too. He even answered some of the trivia questions correctly!

At Cosi Jude got a geode to break at home. He loves rocks. He was a little disappointed though because it was not hollow but a solid crystal inside.

Lainey has been doing well. She refused to do anything for the Dr. though, in true Lainey style! The Dr. now wants her to get a DAFO(ankle-foot brace) to help her ankles from rolling. This should prove interesting! She also was diagnosed with Autism. Labels, labels! She's happy and loves life, that's all that matters to us!