Friday, May 29, 2009
Did you know?
In case you ever wondered where honeydew comes from Kai gave me a hilarious explanation. Today as we were driving in the car to pickup Ainsley from a friends, Kai ask me if I knew where honeydew melon came from, "like we had at the restaurant the other day". I was curious to hear where he thought it came from. His answer caused me to laugh so hard I missed my turn. He said, "it comes from worms. They eat the dirt and poop it out." Where he got this from I don't know, but it was too funny not to share. Now any time I eat honeydew I will think of my funny little boy!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Yes, I have been a horrible blogger lately. Reading everyone elses and failing to update my own. I promise to try and be better.
Kai has been a busy little man the past few weeks. He has had occupational & physical therapies, an aqua therapy session, preschool graduation, and just being a five year old little boy. Whew! As you can see we have not had much of an opportunity to get bored.
Unfortunately Kai's physical therapy visits continue to be less than what I would call fun. Once again I allowed him to play too hard the day before and he ended up being one cranky little boy. How do you make your five year old boy understand that if he plays like his friends today he will be miserable tomorrow? It is something we have been struggling with for a long time and are at our wits end. Hopefully as he gets older we can help him to understand cause and effect.
Occupational Therapy went really well this month. We may have finally found a way for Kai to become a little more independent in the restroom. Yea for me!! He loves Brian and has continued to make progress with his sensory issues.
We found out this week in his aqua therapy that he has a "pool problem". If you remember back to his first visit with Brian he informed us he had a "swing problem". Well I guess he has decided to add one to the list.
Kai did great at his preschool graduation and I had the sore arm to prove it. He was so cute I just couldn't put the video camera down! I was worried when he sang his solo that he would freak out, but he didn't. He sang so sweet and just melted my heart. I am so blessed to have such cute kids! Below are just a few of the many pictures that Jer took. Hope you enjoy them.
Kai singing his solo.
What a silly kid!
Kai Reading his book to everyone. So smart!
Kai has been a busy little man the past few weeks. He has had occupational & physical therapies, an aqua therapy session, preschool graduation, and just being a five year old little boy. Whew! As you can see we have not had much of an opportunity to get bored.
Unfortunately Kai's physical therapy visits continue to be less than what I would call fun. Once again I allowed him to play too hard the day before and he ended up being one cranky little boy. How do you make your five year old boy understand that if he plays like his friends today he will be miserable tomorrow? It is something we have been struggling with for a long time and are at our wits end. Hopefully as he gets older we can help him to understand cause and effect.
Occupational Therapy went really well this month. We may have finally found a way for Kai to become a little more independent in the restroom. Yea for me!! He loves Brian and has continued to make progress with his sensory issues.
We found out this week in his aqua therapy that he has a "pool problem". If you remember back to his first visit with Brian he informed us he had a "swing problem". Well I guess he has decided to add one to the list.
Kai did great at his preschool graduation and I had the sore arm to prove it. He was so cute I just couldn't put the video camera down! I was worried when he sang his solo that he would freak out, but he didn't. He sang so sweet and just melted my heart. I am so blessed to have such cute kids! Below are just a few of the many pictures that Jer took. Hope you enjoy them.
Kai singing his solo.
What a silly kid!
Kai Reading his book to everyone. So smart!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Our lives have been absolutely crazy these past two weeks. Between our trip to St. George and moving to a different house, I am BEAT! The recent changes and upheaval have been hard on the kids but especially Kai, causing him to be extra sensitive. So much so that on moving day he "ran away" to the old house when his cousin made him upset. Thank goodness he made the short trip unharmed. Needless to say we had a long talk about not leaving the house without supervision.
On the 27th I took Kai to occupational therapy. We spent the hour working out the kinks with Kai's "Bum Wiper". Which if it works will be coming to a medical supply store near you. I definitely think Brian needs to come up with a more catchy name though. All joking aside I really do hope that it works, for Kai's sake. For the time being he is okay having me help in the bathroom. However I can imagine as he gets older he will want more independence.
Kai had a great time in St. George, and he even made some progress with his sensory issues while we were there.
Exhibit A
Kai holding and not wanting to let go of Exhibit A.
Exhibit B
Kai allowing Exhibit B to crawl on him.
Those closest to Kai know what a big deal this is. He is so sensitive I can't even touch his head. So for him to allow a caterpillar to crawl on his arm is HUGE! It brought me to tears to see how excited he was on these two occasions.
Today after watching me cut Uncle Toddy's hair Kai agreed to let me buzz his head. He was in desperate need of a haircut and because we let it go too long I unfortunately cut some of his sores off. That will teach me to not cut it more often.
(For those who don't know Kai has been breaking out in gross sores since he was 10 months old. No one can figure out what they are or why he gets them. What we do know is they get worse when he has hair.) After at least fifteen minutes of torture we thought we were done. Unfortunately after a shower I found a few missed spots. When I told him there were a couple of more spots to be buzzed his response was, "NO YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Being the mean mom I am I took the following pictures to capture this moment.
On the 27th I took Kai to occupational therapy. We spent the hour working out the kinks with Kai's "Bum Wiper". Which if it works will be coming to a medical supply store near you. I definitely think Brian needs to come up with a more catchy name though. All joking aside I really do hope that it works, for Kai's sake. For the time being he is okay having me help in the bathroom. However I can imagine as he gets older he will want more independence.
Kai had a great time in St. George, and he even made some progress with his sensory issues while we were there.
Exhibit A
Kai holding and not wanting to let go of Exhibit A.
Exhibit B
Kai allowing Exhibit B to crawl on him.
Those closest to Kai know what a big deal this is. He is so sensitive I can't even touch his head. So for him to allow a caterpillar to crawl on his arm is HUGE! It brought me to tears to see how excited he was on these two occasions.
Today after watching me cut Uncle Toddy's hair Kai agreed to let me buzz his head. He was in desperate need of a haircut and because we let it go too long I unfortunately cut some of his sores off. That will teach me to not cut it more often.
(For those who don't know Kai has been breaking out in gross sores since he was 10 months old. No one can figure out what they are or why he gets them. What we do know is they get worse when he has hair.) After at least fifteen minutes of torture we thought we were done. Unfortunately after a shower I found a few missed spots. When I told him there were a couple of more spots to be buzzed his response was, "NO YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Being the mean mom I am I took the following pictures to capture this moment.
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