Sweet Summertime

Our family has truly enjoyed our summer break, which is quickly coming to an end. Kinsley has enjoyed sleeping in, swimming, and lounging around the house watching TV. Karlie has loved playing outside, going swimming, and playing Barbies. Anderson has enjoyed exploring the house and getting into anything he can get his hands on.

Kinsley is checking the mail everyday to see if she has gotten her letter letting her know who her teacher will be this year. I can't believe she is going into 2nd grade! She doesn't seem big enough to be in 2nd grade already! She isn't a big fan of school, but she does work hard. She's been working on her reading and math skills this summer, so hopefully she hasn't lost much.

Karlie missed going to Kindergarten this year because of her birthday (11 days too late). She is ready for K and was quite disappointed when I told her she had to go to preschool again another year. This summer she has done "school work" too while Kinsley was working. She has practiced her letters, writing her name, and writing numbers. She seems to pick up on new things easily, so I hope that continues when she gets into "real" school.

Anderson continued with physical therapy every other week. He is progressing nicely. He's still not walking, but he is pulling up and cruising. His PT says she is not in a big hurry to get him walking. We want him to master each step of the process before he goes on to the next step. He has definitely mastered crawling- he now does it without even thinking about it. Pulling up has become more natural and automatic also. So now we are working on cruising the furniture. Right now he only does it with support nearby, so our goal is to get him doing it more often and get him more comfortable with it.

He still has his helmet, which has made us spend more time inside this summer as he seems to overheat quickly. We are REALLY hoping to get out of it soon. Anderson also went to see his neurosurgeon for a check-up and he was so impressed with how well he is doing, he released him for a YEAR!! We are very excited about this, as we have been seeing him every 3 months.

Overall it's been a great summer full of swimming, sleeping in, and just spending some quality time together as a family. Now...to enjoy the last 2 weeks before school starts...