Ailyn's homeschool speech teacher came to visit her. Ailyn loves her. These two have a cute little bond together. Mrs. G has taught Ailyn to talked in complete sentences. We are going to miss her when school is over but she has already promised to stay in touch.
If you know me well, you know that I don't let Ailyn go on busses or field trips by herself. Ever. My. Washington's Child Life takes the kids on a weekly field trip. The parents can not go. They like to see the child in another setting and teach them to be independent. I didn't have an argument..... I did try. Child Life was amazing and I knew Ailyn was in the best care.
And, again if you know me well you know that I am car seat crazy. My 11 year old is still in a booster because he's too short. I don't care if he goes to high school in one. To prove my point, the seatbelt cut Camden's neck the other day in Daddy's car. Boom. So seeing Ailyn in her stroller, in a bus, with not a lot of retraint was killing me. But, she was so excited! She kept saying "Bye Mommy I will miss you!"
She did amazing like I knew she would. They went to a local nature center. She wanted to hug all the animals and reptiles. She asked for me once! She talked the entire time! I'm glad I let her go.
Meagan from Child Life is so great with the kids. She not only plays with them but teaches them. She didn't let Ailyn boss her around. She taught her how to say "excuse me" when she wants my attention instead of her yelling "Mommy" over and over.
I forget the name of the program that comes once a a week. A girl brings an art project for the kids to do. It's always a teaching lesson. This week was mixing colors with chalk.
Ailyn graduated Kindergarten and is now a first grader! Sadly we couldn't make it to her school graduation but we had a party at the hospital!
So proud of her. She's worked very hard all year. We held her back another year and it was the best decision. She is more than ready for first grade. She loves doing school work so we will continue to work all summer.
And, Yuba once again proved that he has magical powers. Ailyn stood and played ball for about 10 minutes!
Ailyn walked up the stairs and would call Yuba to come. They had to walk back down. I see huge improvement in her walking steps after surgery.
Taking a break ❤️
We will miss you Yuba! Be back soon to visit!
A and I made a picture book for everyone thanking them for being so good to her.
It's good to be home. Ailyn has a long way to go before she will be walking independently. She will get outpatient PT twice a week. We have a daily exercise routine to do. She asks to be stretched throughout the day. So hopefully we keep her progressing.
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