Tidbits

Just a few things:

• We have been having some problems getting the new patio door finished and stained. Some of the trim pieces are not the right kind of wood, and fortunately the stainer noticed it before he started staining. It would not look right with different kinds of wood being stained. So they are ordering some new trim pieces (to go with the new screens...) and we're hoping it will be our Christmas present!


• Justin is doing fabulous in OT. We have been doing some sensory therapy to help him get over his issues with picking up food. I can tell you with confidence that it is NOT the texture that bothers him. He smeared yogurt all over the tray and himself today at therapy. And he picked out the little bits of veggie sticks from the yogurt mess and happily crunched them.


• Justin is also doing well at picking things up with the right side of his hand (the thumb side). He is using both hands, but he seems to prefer his left these days.


• Travis is Mr. Imagination these days. He is playing "worker", a favorite game, and he invented marshmallow caulking that he applies to the new windows with a ribbon attached to his rocking horse, and there is a button on the horse that makes it start and stop. SO funny!


• Travis also enjoyed having Uncle Jerry and Ami here for a visit for the Buddy Walk. He enjoys Uncle Jerry throwing him high in the air- and I mean HIGH. Our living room has a vaulted ceiling and he uses it! They have worked on "flying with style" and Travis puts one hand behind his head and points with the other one. Or the puts his head up and arms out, like an airplane. It makes me cry I laugh so hard!


• I did some "bulk cooking" with a friend after the last Meat Day. We went crazy and cooked about 40 pounds of meat: 5 pounds of BBQ pork, 2 crock pots of spaghetti sauce, 2 pots of taco soup, 4 batches of chuckwagon wraps (ground beef, BBQ-flavored beans, corn, a few other things), 4 meatloaves, and seasoned 16 chicken breasts. Plus we made 24 pumpkin muffins. Such a fun experience! Except for clean up....