Going to Kansas City

What a week we had last week! Phew!

Between the orthotics fittings, eye doc, family doc, birthday, therapies, event planning, and 2 IEP meetings, I was totally exhausted.

Tuesday was Zhen's birthday. He's five years old now! Wow! He gets to eat his cereal in this red bowl every morning. Dad was out of town, so we baked a cake and had it without frosting for a little party after dinner. The kids were so surprised that cake tasted good without frosting! Ha!
Wednesday had to be the highlight of my week...Theo's IEP meeting. If you have never had the pleasure of looking forward to an IEP meeting I'm sorry. This is just one of the ways I am blessed by Theo. Watching him blow expectations and goals out of the water is so exciting! Working with a team of professionals that have fallen in love with him is rewarding. This deserves a whole blog post of it's own.

Friday I finally got Ralph to the eye doctor. The kid wants glasses. He needs them for reading but I wasn't certain that he would be compliant. Since he keeps stealing Zhen's glasses, I think he's ready.

Later that afternoon was Zhen's IEP meeting. Even though his skills are scattered from 18 months to 4 years, the magnitude of his growth over the past year is impressive. He was basically untestable this time last year. He's transitioning into an FAA (functionally applied academics) room for next year.

I wonder how much Zhen will grow over the next year. I wonder if he is full inclusion material. The school psych says no, never. I like her, but I would love to see her proven wrong.

My mother came to visit yesterday, and dad is home again, so we had another birthday party last night. Mom and I both bought the same gift for Zhen! Actually, they were slightly different versions of the same noisy siren trucks. That turned out great for Ralph!

Tomorrow is the BIG day. Ralph, Theo and Zhen are having tonsils and adenoids removed in the morning. We are getting this over with in a big way. I'm either crazy or a genius. I guess I will find out which one tomorrow!

Since trying to get the three boys to sleep in a hotel room sounds like more of a pain than getting up at 2am to drive to Kansas City, I'll be an EARLY riser tomorrow morning. Chipper is going with me to help out. He's great with the boys. If you think of us tomorrow, say some prayers for the doctor and the boys to recover quickly.