We were 15 minutes late again this week, just as we had been last week, even though we left 15 minutes earlier and tried a different route away from morning rush hour traffic. Hopefully we will find the magic road next week...I don't think that I could possibly leave any earlier than we are already. The girls both did great this morning. Laura has been very cooperative with her sessions and has been very willing to try new things. Her therapy will most likely be short term (through the summer) with an exercise program for her to work on at home after that. Her therapist has apparently made the mistake of thinking that Laura must be cooperative at home also. HA!
Melissa is also working hard, but things are just so much more difficult for her. Even when she is seeming stronger, she is still so weak. It is so hard to watch her not be able to do things that she knows she should be able to do. Persistence has always been one of her strengths, so she continues to work at it, and comes back to try things that once before may have seemed impossible. Good, good girl.
When the girls were done, we quickly exited the building to our truck as we had 40 minutes to make it to swimming lessons back in Waconia. Given the length of the drive, the math just wasn't working in our favor. But without traffic, slow delivery trucks, and making 75% of the stoplights, the kids were only 10 minutes late after walking in and slipping out of their clothes. Not bad! The kids had had their first lesson yesterday, and apparently all of our practicing since lessons ended two weeks ago has paid off and was noticed.....the instructors asked us to move Melissa and Crispy up a level! Wow! Didn't see that one coming! They both enjoyed the move to the next class, and the chance to learn some new things, like beginning rhythmic breathing. When it came time to jump off the diving board, they both chickened out again. Arg! Just jump, already! I am very proud of them for taking on this new challenge. They are so excited about these two weeks of lessons.
This also comes after Melissa's great ride yesterday.....she rode alone for the whole hour in the arena without needing any help, and without her side walker anywhere near her! She was completely independent, and maintained proper control of her horse all the while. It was fantastic to watch. Having only one other rider in the arena had made this week easier for her to focus, and gave her a huge boost yesterday. My hope is that she can carry over this confidence of skills to next week when there will again be a full house of 3-4 riders.
We had a short break after lessons in which to eat a very quick, wholesome lunch of Spaghettios. I think that one of the hardest parts of having everyone home during the summer is making lunch for so many.....now I have two meals a day to plan! I still am not quite into that routine. After lunch, we got to enjoy the beautiful afternoon in the dentist's office. The scheduler had been kind enough to schedule all the kids together/back to back. Guess how long we were there? Three hours. Tubby learned a new trick while we were there....screeching at the top of his lungs, and thinking it was funny. He made sure to practice it often during that 3 hour period. So charming is he. Thanks, Tubs. Once again, they all walked away without a single cavity. So, either the kids are doing a much better job brushing than it seems possible in 15 seconds or less, or we've got some powerfully good toothpaste at home!
This was Laura's first visit to the dentist. She was not so happy to go, a bit neutral by the time we got there, enthusiatically anticipating while in the waiting room, and hyper excited when she was all done. She proudly displayed her gleaming white teeth, and eagerly took out each dental item in her bag, so excited to go home to "foss, brush two times" and use her new SpongeBob toothpaste. She is so set to be a model teeth caretaker. She has been so good with her earring 
care, making sure that she cleanses her ears every night before she goes to bed~if she feels sleepy, she will do this before cuddling with a blanket on the couch, just in case she falls asleep. And if she forgets, she will awaken in the middle of the night, to "do her earrings". Here is a picture on the 4th of July.....she was on the driveway doing her ear care while the rest of us were watching Daddy's fireworks display and smashing Pop-Its on the ground. Such a responsible girl! She now seems to have this same sense of commitment to her teeth!We had to eat dinner in the truck, on the way to Jonny's baseball game. We broke down and ordered pizza since I had spent all of my dinner prep time in the dental waiting room. I must say, I have been so proud of us.....it had been a whole MONTH since we last ordered pizza. The last time was on Melissa's birthday party (which I forgot to even blog about, so I will have to squeeze in a short blurb about that!) We had also gone more than three weeks without fast food. The absence of both things had really made us all feel good. Cool part was that we did actually lose our cravings for those things. Michael and I also tried going without Cherry Coke. But after 18 days, we still could hardly stand it, the cravings never went away, and we REALLY WANTED IT. So, before I left them alone with Daddy for the big parade weekend last week, I broke down and bought them some pop. Now we have had Cherry Coke again in the mornings. What a relief!
Jonny's game was great to watch. His team played so well together, as though everything finally had fallen into place for each member. They played like a well oiled machine, with each part doing it's proper job. It was so much fun to watch, and the boys were having a fabulous time, knowing they were doing what they had spent the last few months practicing over and over again. Tubby was the only one not impressed.....he whined the whole time. In fact, since he has started walking, he has been constantly crabby and whiny. I thought kids were suppose to get happier once they reached big milestones! He forgot to read that part in his little baby manual.I let him whine another 30 minutes once home tonight, just so I could make a few paths through my house. It is amazing how quickly my kids destroy the place when there are no adults around all day long to stop them. I guess the fear of our house burning down has already been lost to them.
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