January 31, 2008

I am currently putting my students through the ringer (a graduate auditing exam) so while they are diligently working on their exams, I am taking the opportunity to update the blog. I know I will be busy grading this weekend >60 multiple choice and 8 essays for 58 students so I figured there was no time like the present to post an update.

The past few days have been really good for Mandy Pandy. She has been very happy! She smiles a lot and has really gotten excited about waving bye-bye on command. She has done well in her therapies as well. She also has been doing well at following commands. The other night I was asking her to give me a hug, then give me five, then clap, then wave bye-bye and she would do each thing asked. She has also gotten pretty good at touching the right animal on her toys when we say things like "where is the pig, dog, horse, cow, etc). We have also had some good success with color related questions. Yesterday, she also enjoyed the warm weather by swinging and squealing with delight outside on her cool new swing. She loves to swing, dance, ride horses -- in fact she loves anything with a lot of movement.

Katie is also doing well. She was got an award at school yesterday for being on the all A honor roll and another award for meeting all of her goals for the 9 weeks. We also made flash cards last night to help her with her multiplication tables. She has most of them down pat but is still working on 7s, 8s, and 12s. This Friday, Dan and I are taking her out to dinner and to the Hannah Montana movie. Nana and Papa were nice enough to score us some tickets. It is a surprise for Katie so please don't let it slip. All she knows right now is that we are all going out together to do something fun. She is a huge Hannah Montana fan so I am sure she will be excited.

Well, that is all that is going on here at the moment. I hope you are all well and happy.
God Bless,
Susan