Just keep swimming
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Hi family,
Haven't done an update on our Miss Aly for a while. Since the drama of my hospitalization has calmed down, Aly is doing so well. I know, I shouldn't be typing this, the whole "as soon as I say she's doing good...BOOOOM!"
On her 2nd trimester report card the teacher had the nicest things to say about how hard Aly is trying both academically and socially. She got "O"'s (outstanding) on all citizenship areas and has improved 2 grade levels in reading! Math is still super hard for her, they are working on Life Skills math only with her, mainly addition, subtraction, simple multiplication with a times table for a guide, and money. She is just not getting the concept of money and we work on this all the time at home as well. Time is another area of difficulty for her, she searches out a digital clock, cannot read a face clock to save her life and also has trouble with reading the numbers on a digital clock. An hour, minute, half hour, mean nothing to her.
We had our first big weekend outing since my surgery, this past weekend. On Friday afternoon, I took her to get her hair put into braids (extensions). She looks so beautiful! Then we went to Jayme's siblings adoptive home and spent the weekend on their farm. Nothing but running free and "playing" with the horses. When I asked her her favorite part of the weekend it was "when I mucked the stalls Mom! I loved making them clean for the horses!" Boy, she's popular with her "uncle" now! LOL!! And, she got to ride her favorite pony to her heart's content. She had a little unfortunate fall off of one of the tiny motorcycles (crotch rockets). She really shouldn't have even tried it but all the "big kids" were getting to and since she is so tall, she kinda gets clumped in with them all the time. She is sore, got the wind knocked out of her, it pretty scratched up, but was more scared than anything!
I cannot tell you how being out there at the farm puts her in such a good place and makes me so happy for her! We plan on going every 2 weeks or so, and will eventually get her her own pony to keep there. She has such a love of animals and they of her. She is not afraid of picking the horses hoofs or brushing them out or anything like that.
Anyways, sorry, didn't mean to make this a book! I am just so happy to post something great for once! I hope this gives others who are struggling right now a tiny bit of hope that things can and DO get better. Even if this is just for a short time, I will take it!!
Hugs,
Vickie
Haven't done an update on our Miss Aly for a while. Since the drama of my hospitalization has calmed down, Aly is doing so well. I know, I shouldn't be typing this, the whole "as soon as I say she's doing good...BOOOOM!"
On her 2nd trimester report card the teacher had the nicest things to say about how hard Aly is trying both academically and socially. She got "O"'s (outstanding) on all citizenship areas and has improved 2 grade levels in reading! Math is still super hard for her, they are working on Life Skills math only with her, mainly addition, subtraction, simple multiplication with a times table for a guide, and money. She is just not getting the concept of money and we work on this all the time at home as well. Time is another area of difficulty for her, she searches out a digital clock, cannot read a face clock to save her life and also has trouble with reading the numbers on a digital clock. An hour, minute, half hour, mean nothing to her.
We had our first big weekend outing since my surgery, this past weekend. On Friday afternoon, I took her to get her hair put into braids (extensions). She looks so beautiful! Then we went to Jayme's siblings adoptive home and spent the weekend on their farm. Nothing but running free and "playing" with the horses. When I asked her her favorite part of the weekend it was "when I mucked the stalls Mom! I loved making them clean for the horses!" Boy, she's popular with her "uncle" now! LOL!! And, she got to ride her favorite pony to her heart's content. She had a little unfortunate fall off of one of the tiny motorcycles (crotch rockets). She really shouldn't have even tried it but all the "big kids" were getting to and since she is so tall, she kinda gets clumped in with them all the time. She is sore, got the wind knocked out of her, it pretty scratched up, but was more scared than anything!
I cannot tell you how being out there at the farm puts her in such a good place and makes me so happy for her! We plan on going every 2 weeks or so, and will eventually get her her own pony to keep there. She has such a love of animals and they of her. She is not afraid of picking the horses hoofs or brushing them out or anything like that.
Anyways, sorry, didn't mean to make this a book! I am just so happy to post something great for once! I hope this gives others who are struggling right now a tiny bit of hope that things can and DO get better. Even if this is just for a short time, I will take it!!
Hugs,
Vickie
