Our Cookie Monster!!!

A few days ago I made cookies, which is a rarity at our house. I left them all cooling on the racks in the kitchen and went to help Lauren and Landon in the potty (which is a whole different story that I'll save for another time). When I came back to the kitchen a short time later, Nathan was holding onto the edge of the counter eating a cookie as fast as he possibly could. When I saw him I said, "Nathan, what are you doing!" He was startled and dropped to the floor on his back. On the way down he managed to grab one last cookie (I'm not sure if it was cookie #3 or #4??). He laid there on the floor (see first picture) and continued to scarf the cookie. I put him in his seat at the table and told him it was O.K. and that he could go ahead and finish. As you can see by the smile on his face, Nathan is a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies. He loved them!!!

A few minutes later I went to the laundry room briefly. When I came back he was sound asleep. As you can imagine, the cookies ruined Nathan's appetite for lunch, but he did take a really good nap that afternoon. . . I think cookies for lunch is a great idea, don't you??

Nathan's Big Week

This has been a big week for Nathan. On Monday morning he loaded the school bus for the first time to attend Special Needs preschool at our elementary school. Because Nathan is now 3 years old and is not yet walking without assistance from a walker, he qualifies for this wonderful program.

Nathan could go to the school 5 mornings per week but we're only sending him on M,W,F because he attends therapy at the hospital on T,Th mornings. The preschool has 3-5 year olds that have various developmental delays, although the majority of the kids have speech delays. Speech is definitely not a problem for Nathan and his teacher was happy to have him in the class so that he could be a good example for the other kids. In addition to all of the usual preschool activities like shapes, colors, drawing, snacks, etc., Nathan will receive physical therapy each day at school. His school therapist is wonderful and thinks he'll be walking on his own very soon.

Nathan is now doing well with his bus ride but was a little apprehensive the first day. He has to use his "ride" on the school bus because he's not completely adept at navigating stairs on his own. For safety reasons the school requires the "ride" which is strapped down once he gets on the bus. The first morning they put him on the lift he poked his bottom lip out, got sad and said, "I want Mommy." As you can imagine, it broke my heart and I was on the verge of tears. Jason and I got on the bus with him while they secured him and then, with our happiest faces, told him to have a great day at school. As soon as the bus drove off I looked at Jason and started crying. I was so worried about him and he's still such a little boy. Jason reassured me and took off quickly for work. A few minutes later Jason called to tell me that he had followed the bus to school and spied on Nathan while they were taking him off the bus. Jason said that Nathan seemed fine and that he had no more tears. I was so glad that Jason had done this and glad to know I wasn't the only one worried about him. When the bus dropped him off after school the driver said Nathan's morning tears lasted only about 15 seconds and that he'd done just fine. We also had a note from his teacher saying that he'd had a great day at school. Whew!

More Photos

O.K., so posting pictures has proven to be a bit difficult for me. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it though. . . The top photo is Lauren (of course). Next we have Landon and then Nathan. Enjoy!!

Our New Blog

For several months I've enjoyed keeping up with friends and family via their online blogs. I decided it's time for our family to participate as well and hope I can figure all of this out. It seems that since I had our triplets in 2005 I've lost a few brain cells (O.K., maybe LOTS of brain cells) and they've yet to return.

Recently we had the kids' 3-year-old pictures taken. It was the first time that they all cooperated and actually looked at the camera when directed by the photographer. In addition, we were lucky enough to catch them all smiling at the same time. I consider it to be a bit of a miracle and am really pleased with the pictures. Yeah!!!