We had a busy month, as per usual. Right now I'm listening to Demetri Martin's Standup Comedian routine on Rdio. If you haven't heard of any of these things, you should check them out.
Madeline started taking the bus a few weeks into school.
When we ventured out on the first day,
we saw this bunny hiding in a little indent in our neighbour's yard.
So exciting!
This was the first and only day she's actually turned around to wave. Now she's busy socializing the minute she gets in there and is much too busy. I still stand there like a goon, hoping she'll turn around and wave one day. Oh my, I sound a little weird. I swear I'm not a helicopter parent!
Madeline had her school pictures taken this month with a nice cheesy smile, a movie date with Dad and a playdate with Eric, along with all her cool school activities and afternoons with mom.
Luckily she has an auntie who actually knows how to curl hair so she gets the salon treatment once and a while.
She's been doing great with gymnastics, passing most of her level 3 skills and almost all of level 4.
I got to go to Safety City with Madeline and her class to learn about crossing the street safely.
First they had a tutorial.
It's nice to know that Madeline isn't the only drama queen in kindergarten.
Half of the class drove the quads around the little city roads while the rest practiced the 7 steps for safe crossing.
They had a blast!
Presented without comment:
We sure enjoyed those last few warm days before the snow came!
Madeline loves putting on puppet shows.
Claire is always an appreciative audience member.
But has more fun as part of the show!
We had a nice Thanksgiving with the Laytons.
Music...
gun fights...
and laughter.
The perfect combination. (Also delicious food.)
She got to touch the horses' tack and other equipment. She really liked this white bridle.
We stopped to say hi to some of the horses.
This one was really interested in Claire and her chair.
(Cell phone camera, no flashes allowed = blurry)
The kids got to touch some of the horses' food as part of the sensory component.
It was fun to see the neat hairstyles of some of the horses.
The tents were really cool.
They brought a couple of horses in for the kids to meet.
It was lots of fun.
At the end we all gathered in a circle and four horses rode around so the kids could feel their hoofbeats and hear the sounds of their equipment jingling. It was a neat experience!
We've also been doing family yoga once a week with the Cerebral Palsy Association of Alberta. Claire had her picture day and we've had IPP meetings and a lifting/walking inservice for her helpers at school.
Madeline's doing really well with writing her letters and being creative.
This was a picture of Claire in the middle of a giggling fit.
It was pretty funny. I love her rosy cheeks here.
Madeline is very involved in meal preparation these days (whether I require the help or not...).
She likes to be in charge of presenting fancy dinners.
She's even brought us breakfast in bed a couple of times. What a sweetheart.
We've been lucky to have Noah over here once and a while when Stephanie visits the doctor. It's exciting to know that we'll have a new little nephew soon! (Plus another one a few weeks after that!)
He and Madeline had fun together one afternoon.
One night I tried to take a picture at midnight because it was so bright outside.
This was taken without a flash, but it was more orangey than the picture showed. It was pretty neat!
Claire fell asleep on the couch one afternoon and when we took the blanket off, we saw how she was laying. Our little Egyptian mummy.
For some reason Madeline is doing some sort of gang sign in this picture.
I wonder what goes on in her kindergarten at recess...
Anyway, Claire got a nice new chair (A Special Tomato) for home and she was testing it out. We're also getting a new bath chair for her. We're in the process of investigating a more supportive bed and a wheelchair accessible van but that's quite a daunting process.
Ryan and I went to the Smashing Pumpkins concert with some friends.
It was pretty good, but really loud. We're not as young as we once were [sigh].
I've been doing my volunteer thing at both schools and with the park redevelopment project. I've also been quite busy with transcription projects which has been nice. I had a nice visit with Kathy one evening and have enjoyed being an occasional babysitter for little ones.
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