Easton went for his evaluation this month with Child Find. They had a speech and occupational therapist on hand to evaluate him. He passed the OT with flying colors. Thankfully. Unfortunately, we can't say the same for the speech part. With only ten or so words/sounds in his repertoire, he is lagging a bit. On the flip side though, he qualifies for therapy and will have weekly, one-hour sessions until he turns three. If he is all caught up by then, he will done. Otherwise, we will have to find a private therapist to work with him. For now, we will enjoy the free services provided to us through the county.
The kids were able to do something fun together this month. They attended a Dr. Seuss class with each other at the rec center. Grace and Lilly also went. The teacher mentioned Easton only wanted to sit at the table for snack time. He wasn't too interested in the crafts or coloring. That sounds like our Little Man. He'll sit still for sweets any day of the week.
Kyla caught her first "eye cold" (as she liked to call it) this month. She woke up early one Saturday morning with one of her eyes crusted shut. Poor thing. Daddy had a mild case of pink eye too, a week and a half prior. We aren't sure if she caught it from him or from school? If only we knew where our pesky germs came from. One of life's great mysteries.
We celebrated the Hallmark holiday known as Valentine's Day as a family. We let Kyla pick the restaurant. She picked Famous Dave's. Shocker! It's either there, Buffalo Wild Wings or No No's Cafe. We hadn't been there since her birthday dinner, so she was itching to see Wilbur The Pig and have some mac n cheese. Even Easton was excited to see Wilbur. Given his reaction to Santa, we didn't think he'd want anything to do with him. We were wrong. He lit up like a Christmas tree whenever Wilbur came by. He gave him high five's and smiled for a picture too. It was a nice night out.
Kyla had her Valentine party at school. I was one of the parents in charge of planning it, so that was fun. We had heart shaped sandwiches, made a heart shaped sun catcher and played a game. It was a good time.
Easton spent the entire month with a runny nose. He was so sick of having his nose wiped, he'd run if you went anywhere near the Kleenex box. Not that we blamed him. No nose should be wiped that often.
There was a Scholastic book fair at Kyla's pre-school one weekend. There was a family night one evening, so I took Kyla to pick out a book for her and Easton. Clifford the Red Dog was there. Kyla was not interested in him at all. She wouldn't even give him a high five. There was a guessing contest - a jar filled with Skittles. We put in two guesses and won! Kyla's guess (my guess too) was two over and mine was four under. We won the jar of Skittles. Yay!
Even though there was an extra day this month, we don't have too much to report. We miss Grandpa John every day and talk about him a lot. Of course, talking about him leads to more and more discussions about death and Heaven. Kyla does not want anyone else to die, even if they get to go to Heaven. She also wishes Great Grandpa John would have drank more orange juice (because that is what you drink when you are sick). She can make a darker subject humorous. Great Grandpa John, if you can read this, orange juice is the cure.
We are looking forward to next month. We are all ready for spring to arrive with it's warmer weather. We miss all of you dearly.
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