July 2013

July 27

This week we got 37 hours. Sarah made up a new word, unintentionally, as she tried to say “envelope.” Her new word is “empty-lope,” referring to an empty envelope. She is pointing out when things match, sometimes correctly and sometimes not. When we eat she says we have matching forks. She also says “matching pants”… Read more »

July 21

This week we got 22 hours of Sarah-Rise time (sort of low by my current standards) but we also had an outreach with Becky Blake where she stayed in our house for a few days and worked with Sarah and taught us new things to do to help Sarah. Then we went camping for a… Read more »

July 14

This week we clocked 30 hours and 40 minutes of Sarah-Rise. Sarah had many moments where my jaw dropped at her learning, creativity, and spunk… – driving the little toy car that she can sit in and telling me she is driving to the yogurt maker (she is temporarily off yogurt again) – she has… Read more »

July 7

This update is for the past two weeks. Two weeks ago we got 30 hours of Sarah-Rise time and this past week we got roughly none. Some interactions certainly had that energy but we were vacationing in Cape Cod with college friends so we didn’t do any official time. Sarah’s imaginative play is wonderful. Before… Read more »