Jace earned his white belt

On September 9th, Jace earned his white belt at TaeKwonDo. He was so excited!

1st day of School

Gavin and Jace both started school on September 7th. Gavin started Kindergarten this year and goes to school at our church (St. Peter Lutheran School). Jace is in preschool again this year. He goes to special ed preschool at the elementary 4 mornings a week and then he goes to Little Lambs at our church, 3 afternoons a week. Some may think we are crazy to have Jace go to 2 preschools, but it is good for him. He needs a lot of structure and routine. Both boys are enjoying school!

Gavin with his teacher, Mrs. Thompson

Kai walking a few steps

Jace has started Taekwondo

This past Tuesday, Jace started Taekwondo. He has been waiting for awhile now to start. We had to wait due to a conflict of time with therapy. He did very well on his first day. He knows a lot already, just by watching Gavin. I think this will be a very good thing for him.

Not that close of a picture, Jace is the shorter of the two

School

Well, it is getting to be that time of year. School time is just around the corner...just a little over 4 days until school starts.

We are done with school shopping and the boys are ready to start. We had back to school night at Gavin's school. We had a conference with Jace's afternoon teacher (conference with the morning teacher is next week).

Gavin starts kindergarten this year and will attend school at our church. Jace will go to special ed preschool 4 mornings a week at the elementary and then 3 afternoons at the preschool at our church. They are very excited! I'm ready as well. Jace really needs structure and routine, he functions a lot better. Gavin is a little bummed that he doesn't get to ride the school bus. We only live about 7 blocks away. He doesn't understand that. It's hard to believe that our oldest will be in kindergarten!

Kai's past appointments

On August 19th, Kai had a feeding clinic appointment. The appointment went well. They had Kai try different foods and textures. He wasn't too happy with all the people in the room, so they watched him through the two way mirror. His dietitian met up with us there as well. We are going to try to increase his calories in his formula. He was on a 24 kcal and now we are ate 26 kcal. Hopefully we can try to increase his oral intake. He is trying more foods and liquids by mouth, but the quantity is not there. It doesn't help that he is on the go so much and that he is probably is burring more calories than what he is taking in. So far, he has not gain anymore weight.

Today, Kai went to the dentist. He has a mouth full of teeth since his last visit. All the molars are coming in. One of his pointers on top is coming in and she thinks that the teeth on each side of his bottom two front teeth are going to be coming in soon. So that may explain why he has been a bit on the crabby side lately. Tomorrow, Kai gets to see the eye doctor.

Girls Day

On August 21st, a bunch of us did a girls day in Mankato. Our day started with Angie and I having breakfast at Panera. Then we headed over to Liv Aveda and had 4 hours of pampering. We had 1 hr massage, manicure, pedicure, shampoo and style and then make up. It was nice and relaxing. After the spa, we headed over to Olive Garden for lunch. It was a great time. Tasted some wine and some giggles (okay, maybe I had more giggles than everyone else). I think I ended up with a massage high. After lunch we headed over to the mall to catch up some more girls and then do some shopping. We had a wonderful time at the mall. We then had dinner at Applebee's. The night didn't end there. We hit one of the bars in St. Peter (it has been a long time since I have been in a bar). And then lastly we went to one of the girl's house. It was a really good time. A little break from the kiddos and just plain girl time! Can't wait for the next one.

Us girls at Applebee's

Us girls at Olive Garden

Me right after the spa

Angie right after the spa

Gavin has cavities!

Gavin and Jace had their dental check ups in August. Gavin ended up having 4 cavities! I thought that was a lot for a 5 year old. So he had to get fillings and now we have to work harder to keep his teeth clean.