A normal weekend

On Saturday, I let Dee do her own hair. It's always wild. But she has started taking control of her look on Sunday afternoons. She goes to church for Bible Drill, and I don't stay. With a little freedom, she just goes.

She spent the hour before Bible Drill primping. She looked fine today, but so much cuter this morning when I did the dressing! :)

I'm struggling with her upcoming IEP. She does have some learning disabilities. We know she has slow processing speed, and she has ADHD. I also think she suffers from dyslexia. And she may need some vision therapy. Despite these things, I want her to push forward because she is so far behind. Her teachers are "dumbing" down things for her. There's probably a happy medium. To get Dee on her own team, I showed her her progress card, and let her see what is happening. She was stunned. She cried. We'll get it fixed.

Dee's fish died. I bought her fish bowl and added another one. So today, I added two fish to our home. Their names are Mango and Peaches (I think those will stick). Mango is the boy, and he is red. Peaches is the girl and her name matches her color sort of. I'm hoping to do better than Dee did.

I notice Chloe and Roxy will consider going on a walk with Destinee without me. They won't always go, but sometimes. One night, Roxy slept with Destinee. We consider that something BIG!

Tomorrow we are home for President's Day. I will do some work, straighten Dee's hair, color mine and help her with her Westward Expansion project.

Snow Day!

Today, we had a snow day. I had a big project with a deadline tomorrow, so I toyed with going to work. Dee still had childcare, so it was possible. I'm just a wimp at driving. So, I finally decided to stay home. I had pre-made a rule that if school was closed because of snow, it would be a family day off.

When Dee heard me get out of the shower, she jumped out of bed anticipating my yelling that she needed to be dressed. I hadn't woke her up, but she wasn't sure. I told her it was a snow day. She was then wide awake. She did some painting (as in a picture). She watched TV, and played out with some of the kids in the neighborhood.

She came in from her snow play crying. Why? She was cold! I had to say "Duh...it's snow."

I did some work and rested. It was a peaceful day.

Chloe does not like snow, and I have a feeling she still really needs "to go". She just needs some peace to have an "accident" in the house. Roxy loved going out and eating the snow.

One snow day per year is plenty for our house! It does show that Dee is doing well as an only child because she was able to keep herself occupied.

OK, I am not great at keeping this up. I should have known. I did real well with Chloe & Roxy's blog until I started this adoption process. Now that I'm busy being a parent, I have trouble finding time writing about being a parent.

Well, Dee has made some great progress in the past two months. I'm very proud of her. She is finally feeling at home, and I can feel it. It makes our house so much nicer to live in.

Today, she even made my lunch for me. She is learning thoughtful ways.

Chloe is really enjoying Dee -- more food. Roxy seems a bit jealous and tentative with her. Dee sees it completely the opposite.

I'll have to add some entries going backwards like: New Years, Christmas, etc.