Little J's Basketball Diaries

This was the first year that Little J played Basketball! He absolutley loved it! He loved it so much that he played with a broken finger for half the season! He did awesome and is probably a real natural at it (except in the height department!).

Little J had a really bittersweet season though.... he really wanted to be able to talk to his Grandpa about basketball, and to have his Grandpa see him play. His Grandpa nicknamed him "Dr. J"... and up until this basketball season, Little J did not really know who that was! Now he does!

Weight news

Big Al hit the 70 pound mark! Very exciting! His last appointment at Childrens went pretty well, though they are a bit concerned because his bone age is catching up to his physical age faster than they would like...before he was a bit over 3 years delayed growth, now it is only 2 years.
Hopefully, the HGH shots will start to really kick in... since last April, he has grown about .75 of an inch.....grrrrrrrr!

What has Miss O been up to?

Hard to believe I have not mentioned much about the little Princess! She is doing awesome! Kindergarten is going so well for her! She is down to one hour of speech therapy a week and has made some AWESOME strides!
She is reading in the second from highest reading group - and LOVES it! My hope is that reading will come easily for her (as well as school in general!) She has a few really good little friends and has been having playdates about every other week. I am so glad that we are giving her a gentle push to be more social - because she is quiet and pretty shy, this really gives her a little extra to stay social.

Other than having the much-too-often "O"tomic bomb go off in her room... she is doing amazing with her development and especially her vocabulary! She is such a smart little girl too!

She just weighed in at a whomping 45 pounds!!! She is such a sweetie!

Things they do for fun.....

This totally cracked me up! Big Al really wanted to fly a kite today... the wind was blowing out of the south, instead of the west, so we made him move out to the top field to avoid the power line!

Apparently, the cows find kites VERY entertaining! They just hung out the whole time and watched him! Too funny!

Celebration of Cultures!

Every year at our elementary school, the fifth graders do a special project called Celebration of Cultures. Each student is to pick a or their country of origin. Obviously, Little J chose to do his on Ukraine!
Believe me... this was no easy task for him! It ended up being alot of last minute typing, printing, cutting and pasting... but he scored an "A" for all his hard work! We were able to keep his display board and he is so super proud of it!!

Somebody is ELEVEN today!

Happy Birthday to my Baby BOY! Today he is ELEVEN! I cannot believe how time has flown! Had to believe that he is truly a "tween" now!