Sunday, January 31, 2010
January 31, 2010
They announced the RAGBRAI overnight towns last night, and this year it will start in Sioux City! Needless to say, hopefully we can make this year's Race 4 Grace the best yet. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer--but for now clear Saturday, July 24 on your summer calendar.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
January 26, 2010
A busy winter continues at our house. Nothing new, but here are some updates on Grace over the past few weeks:
She's been obsessed with her teeth ever since a dentist visited her classroom last week. She's been to the actual dentist quite a few times, but apparently this dentist scared them with tales of cavities and other horrors. Thus we no longer have force Grace to brush her teeth, and she's probably brush them hourly if we let her. This morning at breakfast she asked me to re-explain to her what plaque is.
Also at breakfast this morning Grace explained to me that "It's a big responsibility to have a baby sister." Apparently she feels burdened by Claire, even though I'm not sure what Grace's actual responsibilities are (other than not running her over in her wheelchair). The fact that Grace can stop on a dime in her wheelchaire still doesn't make us feel any better when she veers dangerously close to Claire lying on her activity mat. Grace has also discovered that she gets some enjoyment out of grabbing the ropes on Claire's "Johnny Jumper" and pulling them as she backs away in her wheelchaire--sort of a swing concept. I'm not sure that's a good thing, but Claire hasn't complained too much. On the other hand Claire can't talk, and she does have a look of terror in her eyes when Grace grabs the ropes.
She's been obsessed with her teeth ever since a dentist visited her classroom last week. She's been to the actual dentist quite a few times, but apparently this dentist scared them with tales of cavities and other horrors. Thus we no longer have force Grace to brush her teeth, and she's probably brush them hourly if we let her. This morning at breakfast she asked me to re-explain to her what plaque is.
Also at breakfast this morning Grace explained to me that "It's a big responsibility to have a baby sister." Apparently she feels burdened by Claire, even though I'm not sure what Grace's actual responsibilities are (other than not running her over in her wheelchair). The fact that Grace can stop on a dime in her wheelchaire still doesn't make us feel any better when she veers dangerously close to Claire lying on her activity mat. Grace has also discovered that she gets some enjoyment out of grabbing the ropes on Claire's "Johnny Jumper" and pulling them as she backs away in her wheelchaire--sort of a swing concept. I'm not sure that's a good thing, but Claire hasn't complained too much. On the other hand Claire can't talk, and she does have a look of terror in her eyes when Grace grabs the ropes.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
January 16, 2010
We're heading to Carroll later tonight (after our home basketball game) for the family Christmas on Michelle's side. We never got over there around Christmas because of the weather, so we're doing it this weekend. More presents for Grace and Claire--they're going to get an unrealistic picture of that Christmas is!
Both girls have been pretty healthy lately. We just registered Grace for Kindergarten round-up this week, which is pretty scary. We have a lot of things to do for this that "normal" families wouldn't have to do, such as finding handicap accessible classrooms, getting Grace an aid, figuring out transportation, etc. I'm definitely not complaining, becuase it's more than worth it to get Grace the best situation possible. And if Kindergarten goes half as well as preschool has, we'll be pretty lucky.
Had a funny scene at our house this morning. Grace has two toy cell phones, and she was holding up one to Claire's ear so that the two could have a pretend phone conversation. It was pretty funny.
Both girls have been pretty healthy lately. We just registered Grace for Kindergarten round-up this week, which is pretty scary. We have a lot of things to do for this that "normal" families wouldn't have to do, such as finding handicap accessible classrooms, getting Grace an aid, figuring out transportation, etc. I'm definitely not complaining, becuase it's more than worth it to get Grace the best situation possible. And if Kindergarten goes half as well as preschool has, we'll be pretty lucky.
Had a funny scene at our house this morning. Grace has two toy cell phones, and she was holding up one to Claire's ear so that the two could have a pretend phone conversation. It was pretty funny.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
January 7, 2010
Grace is home sick with the stomach flu today. She got it overnight and had a long night of throwing up quite a bit. Michelle had it a few days ago, so we assume that's where it came from. I'm home with her this morning, and it seems like she's already feeling a little better. I know this because she's asking if she can get down and play. As of now I'm saying no.
We had a good albeit snowy Christmas. Santa was very good to Grace, even though her parents didn't really think she needed anything new. We spend a little longer at my parents in Le Mars than we had planned because of the Christmas blizzard, and that also prevented us from getting to Michelle's side of the family in Carroll. We're now planning on heading there next weekend for that Christmas. And in case you're wondering, Grace has already started accumulating ideas for what she wants for next Christmas.
We had a good albeit snowy Christmas. Santa was very good to Grace, even though her parents didn't really think she needed anything new. We spend a little longer at my parents in Le Mars than we had planned because of the Christmas blizzard, and that also prevented us from getting to Michelle's side of the family in Carroll. We're now planning on heading there next weekend for that Christmas. And in case you're wondering, Grace has already started accumulating ideas for what she wants for next Christmas.
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