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 been putting her plate away on the counter rather consistently in the mornings without any prompting
– she was taking a bath and said “bump bump bump… riding in a white tub bus”
– at one point when I asked if she was trying to trick me she looked me directly and spunkily in the eye and gleefully said “yes!”
– again in the bath, she said “swim like a fish. Pop-Pop swim like a fish. Sarah W. swim like a fish”
– sitting at my desk she said, “do one more email. Sarah W. do one more email. I do one more email.” (using “I” correctly is rare)
-from our trip I forgot to mention: on the ride home I saw her put a book against the back of the seat in front of her and hold it up with her feet
– yesterday she was sitting on the toilet fully clothed after using the potty. Sonia checked on her and Sarah said “what you doing the toilet paper?” Since it didn’t seem that Sarah was actually doing anything amiss Sonia left. Sonia returned a bit later and Sarah said “what you doing the toilet paper, missy?” so Sonia looked more closely and found that Sarah had been unrolling toilet paper and stuffing it in the storage rack underneath the roll. Sneaky!
-last night at dinner we had A. (helping to build our new backyard playground) and Sc. (after her SR time and staying to babysit) joining us for dinner. Carl commented to Sarah that she was eating with two people she doesn’t usually eat with. Sarah then counted the people at the table. Out loud. Correctly. Unprompted!
I love Sarah’s increased sneakiness and that she comes up with new challenges or games for herself.
During some of my SR time, Sarah stood in front of the closet door and said she was pretending to be me. This means she is pretending to be me from when I was pregnant with her and I stood in front of a door for my picture. I grabbed a balloon and stuck it under her shirt so she could have a belly. She proceeded to gently touch the belly and say “sweet baby.”
Snail shorts and lack thereof continue to result in huge upset. Being told no about going outside or playing with a door also results in upset. I think it is hard to see a playground being built and not being able to go out to it!
Lest I forget some of the times that feel tough…for a couple days after sending my last update I felt frumpy, mad, grumpy, old, fat, graying, greasy, controlling, and overwhelmed. I am feeling better now, but easily still feel overwhelmed. I skipped my SR session on Friday to catch up on things that had been put off forever. I still have more to do but I am glad to have some things in order. For instance, I am glad I scheduled my continuing education classes for massage so I can maintain my licensing and certification.
This morning I go to pick up Becky Blake, a neuro-developmental specialist, who will live in our house for the next couple of days and hopefully teach us how to further help Sarah.
Yesterday marked 11 years of being married! Carl is still the bestest ever. Supportive, creative, enthusiastic, an amazing dad, and my best friend.
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