Spring is here and we are so excited to be outside enjoying the beautiful St. George weather.
Easter Camping. Thomas' first time.
Cade's First Birthday Party. The girls wanted to wear dresses and pretty hats.
All 3 kids ready for the day.
Fun at the splash park
Thomas' Buzz Lightyear suit. He was very excited about it.
My little helpers. Now that Thomas is doing well and thriving emotionally and socially (after lots of work and reinforcement) He loves to help with Arianna.
Fun down by the river with Arianna, Journey and Thomas.
The KITE FESTIVAL. We went there with Grandma and Grandpa. Arianna and Thomas had a blast.
Flying the kites with (the big tummy) Grandpa, as Thomas calls him.
Library time. We go every week to story time, they have a fun craft and then we go pick out books that we can read throughout the week.
Practicing how to ride bikes with safety first protection.
Kambria's Birthday party. Ryder's little sister turns 1. Such a fun party.
Little Munchkins eating breakfast. So thankful to wake up to these 2 happy kiddo's.
Craft time.
Splash pad once again. It was a regular on our summer schedule.
Fun new park with Journey, Arianna and Thomas. This was by far one of my favorite parks we went to on our "park tour" over the summer.
FIRST TIME POOPING in the toilet. He was so proud of himself. He decided to start using the toilet to urinate but had a hard time with pooping. After much hype and a poop song he finally decided it was ok. I'm SOOOO flippin happy to not change nasty 4 year old pee and poop. I can't even explain how disgusting it was, and to top it off he wouldn't allow you to wipe him. So it made for an awesome time every diaper changing time.
- gotten rid of his diapers
- He is ok with smells of "real" foods (when I cook he no longer holds his nose and tells me it is stink)
- He is ok with foods that he doesn't like, being on the table. (we no longer have a "freak" out. Yay!!)
- He is even comfortable enough to start trying new foods.
- He is fine letting me wipe him (after he tries to wipe himself) This use to be a huge battle.
- He no longer hurts Arianna when he gets mad. (He use to hit and kick and scratch and bite her whenever he got upset.)
- He no longer has crazy moments where he screams and yells and I try to help him and he just bites me and scratches my face and spits at me and tries to hurt me. (Huge success there).
- We are working through his feelings and how to handle them
- He is playing well with other kids (he was ok with this but NOT at sharing)
- He has learned that he needs to communicate to help him through his problems and to get what he wants or needs. ( he was VERY hard to understand and couldn't speak very well at all, Arianna had a better vocabulary and clarity to her voice then him).
- His overall behavior has changed drastically. I am no longer embarrassed to take him shopping. He doesn't run as fast as he can and then hide as soon as you let go of his hand. Or throw huge fits when he doesn't get what he wants. He knows that what I say I mean and if he chooses to act a certain way he has certain punishments that go along with it.
- He is so fun and enjoyable now. Instead of feeling like I'm going to tear my hair out we have tons of fun and he knows there is a time to be silly, a time to be serious and a time to play.
- He no longer has boundless amounts of energy. At first I thought he had ADHD but it was just a lack of structure and outside time because he is fantastic now.
- There are so many other huge marks of improvement but i'm running out of time, but you get the picture.
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