Happy Father's Day!

Avery had her preschool evaluation review last week. All of the specialists observed her a few weeks ago, got together, discussed her and then met with us. They all think she is a really cute and stubborn (she gets that from her mother) little girl who is delayed in many areas. She was very timid at first but eventually warmed up and played with them. They developed an IEP (individual education plan) for her. Each specialist listed goals that they are hoping she will accomplish by the end of the school year. Every year the IEP is updated. Some of the goals included: kick a ball in a specific direction 3 out of the 4 documented tries, cut a 3 inch piece of paper with scissors, identify 40 objects when reading a book. (She doesn’t have to say the objects, just find them. For example: where is the ball, where is the cat, etc.).  Tim said that once they spend time with her, they will see that she can do more than they originally thought. You won’t observe much watching a very shy, timid girl for 1-2 hours. You definitely need more time with her to see what she can do. She can point to all the areas of her body (mouth, ears, eyes, teeth, belly, foot, etc) but she refuses to do it for anyone really other than Tim and I. Did I mention she is stubborn?

This is my IEP. I hope to accomplish all of these goals by the end of the school year

Hope you all had a great Father’s Day. Avery and I are lucky to have Tim. He has made a lot of sacrifices to stay home most days to watch Avery. Avery painted Tim a picture for Father’s Day. I wrote “Dad” with tape, let her paint over it and then pulled the tape off. She also made him a super cute card/picture at daycare.

How cute am I in this picture?

She made her grandpas a card that said “Grandpa, I love you bunches” and there was a picture of grapes. We made the grapes out of her thumbprint. 

Here are the cards I made!

Look at me hard at work. I had a good time painting

Mommy put me down to get something out of the fridge. I had a fit because I wanted her to hold me still. I ended up falling asleep in this position for a 1/2 hour

Eddie, me, Grandpa B and Kaitlin at Grandpa's house

This is my Uncle George. I am scared of him for some reason. He works at my daycare and is sometimes in my class. This is how I am the whole time he is in the class

Grandpa B, Mommy and I. I still need to get a picture with Grandpa S.

Eating a laughing cow cheese. Who is laughing now? Certainly not Mommy. She has to clean me up.