We took our annual Fourth of July camping trip to Glendo State Reservoir in Wyoming. It’s a family tradition, so I decided to document her progress each year. Last year’s experience can be found here: Glendo 2013This was only a few short days after our near drowning incident at her pool during swimming lessons. Glendo is a HUGE reservoir, and a lot of our time involves the beach. I
I saw the light go out in her eyes as she floated buoyant, but motionless under water. Her eyes staring out in front of her. I wish this was the beginning to some fictional novel, but instead it’s what happened today at swim lessons. This is on the heels of great success in swimming I just wrote about last week Good teachers change livesIf you know me, it’s no secret
Ashlynn received two grants to help with her speech and occupational therapy over the summer! The United Health Care Foundation and the Lindsay Foundation made it possible! I am so grateful. Ashlynn will be back to getting intensive 1:1 speech and OT services. As far as speech goes, Ashlynn communicates her wants and needs. She has basic conversational skills and really does try to tell us what happened in
Looking for a fun way to incorporate some speech practice into your summer schedule? All you need is some sidewalk chalk and your kid! I picked some sound combos Ashlynn is currently working on in speech and drew them in the boxes of a hopscotch grid. We then would throw a rock and whatever the rock landed on, we would hop to that picture and say the picture. She was
When you baby is born, you can’t imagine anything more perfect you have ever seen on Earth. Their newborn baby smell, their soft skin, cuddly folds, pouty lips, their eyes little windows to their soul. In that moment and from then on, you experience a love you have never known before. An instinctive and protective nature instantly resides within you now, and you will literally go to any lengths to
What a busy month! Life definitely doesn’t slow down just because I’m off for summer break! I signed both the kids up for swimming lessons. Ashlynn would be in the Guppy class for probably her 5th time, and Jace and I would be in the parent/tot class. I decided that since it was the first day, and considering Ashlynn’s aversion to water now following two traumatic pool events, here: I would
