Monday, March 30, 2009

And Now Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

Now that all the fundraiser stuff is out of the way, we thought we'd show you all the things we've been up to lately :)

1. We've played with our friend Matthew

Andrew Matthew boxes

Yes, Andrew I think you may need a bigger box!

Andrew Matthew chair

No Andrew.. you may not paint Matthew yellow.

2. We've mastered the art of pedaling a bike.

Bike riding 6

3. We've watched a space shuttle launch.

Shuttle launch

4. We've learned to write the alphabet.

Whiteboard alphabet

Andrew told me he had a surprise for me... we have shown him how to write the letters of the alphabet but he had never wanted to try it himself. Well, apparently he decided to give it a try on a dry erase board we have in the playroom - the good news is that he did a great job and even wrote some of his numbers! the bad news was that he did it with a sharpie marker, LOL. Guess what I spent the next half hour doing, armed with a bottle of rubbing alchohol, paper towels, and a lot of elbow grease! FYI - the easiest way to remove permanent marker from a dry erase board is to draw over it with a dry erase marker and then erase.

Andrew - alphabet

More alphabet practice.

5. We've been to a school carnival

Carnival - bounce house

The wonderful thing about Tiggers.... is Tiggers are wonderful things.. their tops are made out of rubber.. their bottoms are made out of springs... their bouncy bouncy bouncy bouncy fun fun fun fun fun!

And now you are stuck with that song in your head, LOL.

Carnival - house going up

What goes up....

Carnival - bounce slide

Carnival - slide

Must come down :)

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Special People :)

Here are two very important ladies in Andrew's life.  On the left side of the picture is his speech therapist/teacher Mrs. Reeder and on the right is Mrs. Follin craft maker/helper extraordinaire .  They are two very special people to us and have made a huge impact in Andrew's life :)

Andrew Mrs Reeder Mrs Fallon