Things to Do on a Rainy Day

We had to cancel our play group in the park this morning due to the nasty rainy weather.  So we are trying to find things to entertain ourselves.  This activity was a big hit:

Pool Boys

Aren't they cute?

Favor?

Will someone come over and watch my kids for a couple hours?  I seriously need a nap.  I don't care if we've never met...

Lovin the Water

Since we put in the giant frame pool in the backyard, we've used it every day, I think.  It is so awesome.  It is just big enough to have a bunch of kids over and still have room to float on a raft.  Why didn't we do this 3 years ago??

Seriously, I can put the babies down for nap, then go float with Ian for an hour.  Then when Chase is awake, he swims with us (well, hangs onto me with the death grip, but laughs a lot).  It is perfect for these miserably hot summer days where your only choices are to be cooped up in the house or sizzling in the backyard.

Bonus:  I don't have to pack everyone up, load the car, strap kids into a stroller, find a parking space, haul everyone into the water park, find a free chair, get in the water, realize someone needs a diaper change or a potty stop, drag the entire party out of the water into the locker room, procede with business, get back out to the pool just in time for "adult swim" for 15 minutes, entertain children next to a pool they are not allowed in, wait it out, get back in the water, enjoy ourselves for 20 minutes, then begin the cleaning up/drying off process in order to get home by dinner time because everyone is cold, hungry, grumpy, and completely exhausted.

I am so happy to skip that this summer.

Chase's favorite thing to do in the pool:  ride in the boat (my raft) and make driving noises as I push him around in circles.

Ian's favorite thing to do in the pool:  learn how to swim with Daddy.

My favorite thing to do in the pool:  float, whale-like, belly submerged, enjoying the weightless feeling for a few precious moments.

**Speaking of whale-like; the OB appt today was less than exciting.   No real change, Gavin's head is a little sideways still.  He suggested I walk for 15 minutes a day, which I am going to take as a directive to visit Target every afternoon.

Not for the Squeamish

Today I took the boys to the store just to walk around in the AC for a little bit and get out of the house.  Chase was riding in the stroller.  

I smelled the spit up before I actually saw it.  After investigating, I found that he had sour-milk spit up pooled in the stroller tray.  He was finger painting in it.

I scrambled to find a wipe or a napkin (I had, of course, left the diaper bag behind because we weren't going to be gone that long).  By the time I found an already-used Dunkin Donuts napkin at the bottom of my purse, the mess was mostly gone.

...because Chase was licking it up.  Ew.  Ew.  Ew!

New Ds Site

Tricia posted this site today, and I wanted to make sure everyone saw it:

Down Town, Down syndrome news/info.

I played around a little on it today, and it has some really great stuff.  Check it out.

IFSP Meeting

We had Chase's IFSP meeting this morning- not anything groundshaking or anything.

He mastered lots of skills (lots of PT ones this time) and has several that need to be carried over (ST, OT).  I think that we have a really awesome team of people helping us, and really, right now, we are kind of just coasting.  Chase is making progress, and I think the best thing that we can do is keep on keeping on.

I am, however, scared to death of the transition to preschool (which we will go into full blown transition mode for in October).  Not that he won't be able to handle it, but that his home school is a special needs school, where I hear they have really great teachers, but I'm just not sure I want him plugged into a self contained classroom rather than integrated into a typical class.  I don't think he needs it, and I'd rather try him in a typical classroom and move to a more structured setting if he needs it.  

I don't know.  I just don't want kindergarten to come around and have to fight extra hard to get him into a typical class because he is always has been in a "special" classroom.  Then again, maybe the special needs  school would provide extra support to prepare him for a typical class later...?

I just don't know.