Well several major things have happened recently. Kayda has learned how to write her name! You still have to prompt her on which letter to write and sometimes how to do it but she is doing great considering she's not even 3 and a half! (I'll get pics up as soon as I get some). That's one of the big things going on for her. Those of you who see Kayda know that she has some problems with her consonants. She can say them individually but she tends to just leave them out when she's talking, this obviously makes it pretty difficult to understand her. She is starting to get very frustrated, she'll tell us big long stories and we can't understand her. We've decided to take her to speech therapy with the school district. They did some testing last Monday and will complete that testing this coming Monday. Once the testing is complete she will be seeing a speech pathologist to help her sort out her words a little better. I figure this gives us some time to get her speech better in time for preschool next September.
Dillon has now officially figured out how to pedal his tricycle! He's been thinking about it since Christmas but preferred to simply sit on it and push around. The last week he has been putting his feet on the pedals more and more. Well today was a beautiful day so we went out and got our front yard up to snuff and then the kids were riding their bikes. I hooked a belt to the front of his trike and would just pull when he got stuck (when you have to switch the foot you're pushing with). Soon thereafter he was pedalling just fine on his own. Every once in a while I have to give him a little push to get him started but he was pedalling for quite a distance, he was pedalling himself from the cul-de-sac all the way back to our driveway (about 40 yards or so). Barely over two and riding his trike!
Now for Grandma and Grandpa H. Normally I don't write much about what's going on with other people's lives but they just got a new dog. He's a ~6 year old beagle that was at the pound. The kids HAD to go see him yesterday and he's a sweet heart. They love him to death, hopefully he'll fit in as nicely as Sandy did before and he and Hank can be pals.
