Festivities

It has been a busy couple of days. Juliet Gordon Lowe (founder of Girl Scouts) had a birthday yesterday so our Girl Scout service unit had a birthday party for her. It consisted of all different sorts of fun. My favorite was the donut on a rope. The girls have to put their hand behind their back and then try to get the donut off the rope that's dangling in front of them. It is hilarious. They bobbed for apples and did Cindy Loo Hoo hair. They made goo and participated in costume contests (Kyleigh won 3rd prize for the Brownies) and made gross goodies (Alison won 1st place for the cadettes). A good time was had by all.

Then, we went to Hebron's fall festival. Alison jumped until her heart was content and Kyleigh played ring toss, bean bag throw, and various other carnival games. We had free hot dogs, popcorn and drinks which was nice and we got to spend some time with Papa.

Finally, tonight we went trick or treating. The girls had a wonderful time. I can't believe what a difference it is with Kyleigh and her chair. Last year at this time, Kyleigh drove her chair on her own to about 4 or 5 houses before she was done. Tonight, she drove the entire way. She was tiring out at the end, but she did so well. Alison was better behaved because she didn't have to spend her whole night waiting on Kyleigh so that was nice. Everyone commented on their costumes. Alison was a stingray and her costume was hand made by dad. It was amazing. Kyleigh was boo mama.

This week, the girls only have a four day school week because of the election on Tuesday when they will miss school.

I will be traveling to Maryland with my job for a few days to see another consultant at work.

All seems to be going fairly well.
Christine K.

End of 1st nine weeks

In our house, we have all As, Bs and only one C...and the C improved from a U at midterms. We are so proud of our smart girls. Alison is in all advanced classes and Kyleigh is in regular 2nd grade and expected to do the same work as everyone else. Just a proud mommy...had to share.

Crazy doctors

4:30 in the morning should be too early for anyone to be awake except morning show hosts. What kind of doctor thinks being at the hospital by 6AM is a good idea? Ugh!

So, Ky had her botox injections this morning which means she had a day of pain and exhaustion. We didn't even do our usual Friday night celebration with the Youngs.

Hopefully, she'll sleep in today and feel better. She slept through the night so that's a good sign.

The girls are doing well in general. Ky has taken another leap with her communication device. She was using 60 icons on the first page. Now she's using 84 icons on the first page. This means that she needs to make less hits to get to the same word and that she has more words to choose from. She is very excited about this. I even added Selena Gomez to her device which makes her very happy so now she can ask for her CD.

Alison is making all As and Bs in her advanced classes. She is still liking middle school, but is glad that this is a long weekend. The teachers are being furloughed again. One more reason why I'm glad I got out of teaching.

Next week is my shadowing week so I'll accompany another consultant who has been working in my area. We will wrap up some of her appointments here and I will get a chance to see her at work. Then they will set me loose to do my thing. I'm very excited and look forward to being on my own.

Christine K.

Missing Teeth

Usually, missing teeth is a sign of growing up....in our house, it's a sign of Kyleigh doing what Kyleigh does best. When Kyleigh was 6, she knocked out her front teeth trying to manuever up the ramp to our house in her power chair. Now that she's 8, she has...or had her permanent front teeth. This time she was gearing up for a soccer game in the basement. Before the soccer ball had even arrived, she was playing tag. She "ran" past a net swing. Her hand got stuck in the swing. The errant hand pulled the swing over her face. The swing got stuck on her front teeth and pulled them out at the roots. Ugh!

So, fortunately I have a friend who was a dental hygenist. She helped to reimplant the teeth and held them in all the way to the hospital and then for 2 hours waiting at the hospital and then on the way to the next hospital and then for 2 more hours waiting at that hospital. Finally, we saw a dentist who tried to stabalize the teeth but with no luck. Needless to say, it's a week later and we still have no answers.

I'll try to keep everyone posted on what the plan is. Right now, we're just letting her gums heal and hoping that the teeth next to the front teeth erupt soon so that there's something to attach the partials to.

Christine K.