From the mouth of Babes...

Ethan had his second apt. with the speech pathologist, however, he was less than cooperative. He was tired and certainly disinterested in assessing "he" or "she". Michelle, the speech path, was correcting his grammar by repeating what he was saying using the appropriate language. Ethan obviously noticed her "modeling" the correct grammar but instead of correcting it he asks her "why you copy everything I say?". Yup, he is no fool.

Rachel had another A+ day at school. The last week or so she has been a real pleasure. She's been helpful, up beat, and agreeable. If this is a phase I don't want it to end!! Her tooth is extremely loose now so all she talks about is getting it out so she can cash in with the tooth fairy. By the way, what is the going rate for a tooth?? Also, she has decided she wants to take skating. She said that she no longer wants to "be Hollywood" because she wants to skate and go to the Olympics...what can I say she sets her goals high. Anyway, she informed me the other day that I need to put her in skating right away. I'll get right on that.

So today was the day, after a six month hiatus, I was heading back to the gym. As strange as this may sound, I was really excited about the idea of working out and feeling sore the next morning. I brought my gym bag to work with the best intentions but as I pull into the parking lot I realize I forgot my gym shoes...aghhh!!! Andrew comes home tonight and the weekend is chopped full of birthday parties. We are celebrating Ethan's on Sunday and he is so excited! I am so glad Andrew is going to be there because Ethan worships him lately and everything is Dad, Dad, Dad...as it should be. Watching Andrew with our kids reminds me what a special person he is and I can't imagine him leaving us for 2 months to go on that trial but I guess we will cross that bridge when we come to it.

I will update the festivities from this weekend later.

Love,

Stephanie