This is just a night when I am particularly proud of my kids. A Sunday with no racing, crappy weather, with the ice still clinging to existence from the sleet and freezing rain earlier in the week, only to receive reinforcements from the front today. School is already canceled for tomorrow, though this wasn't announced until after Ryan had come in from playing with Haley across the street in the middle of the afternoon to complete her science fair project. That was point one of my pride; she did it with no questions asked.
Ryan has grown stronger mentally. She still has meltdowns when stressed, but she took breather for a couple of minutes, regained her composure, then went back to the task of finishing the project. I am still no sure that she go her head around the entire scientific process, but she did a good job, finished ahead of the deadline, did virtually all of it, including choosing the experiment, on her own.
She has also been a joy as we read at bedtime together. We completed a book that Mom (my mom) gave her for Christmas, and started on the autobiography by Malala Yousafzai last night.
J.K. has also shown growth over the weekend, in his deliberation, his speaking, his mathematics. We have been playing SimCity Buildit, often together, often each of us doing some of it solo. In talking as we do it, I have listened to him strategize do arithmetic in his head. He is sharp.
And Myka is such the character as always. Being considerably younger, she still needs to be provided patience-- not necessarily understanding, as some of her behaviors are not understandable. The refusal to rinse her mouth after I finally had to brush her teeth, having carried her up from her slumber on the couch was completely ridonculous. After a couple of minutes of just staring at herself in the mirror as she wailed, she decided she had to go potty. When she came back, she decided she wasn't ready to change her clothes for bed yet since she hadn't brushed her teeth. She was oblivious to having had them brushed and standing there with toothpaste running out of her mouth just a couple of minutes earlier. Awake but not awake apparently.
Ana is off in Provo, Utah, for the second week of three that she will make out there for her electromyography course. This week is for the lower extremities. She prepared like a son-of-a-gun for this week, having been stunned by the upper extremity week back in October. She kept her studies up consistently afterward and, having completed her first day today, she got back to the hotel in good spirits and apparently not fatigued. She was in wonderful spirits as she used FaceTime to say goodnight to the niños.
So the lols are here for the week, and thank goodness. Since they are out of school, and the clinic is not yet closed for tomorrow, it is wonderful that they are here to cover.
Ryan has grown stronger mentally. She still has meltdowns when stressed, but she took breather for a couple of minutes, regained her composure, then went back to the task of finishing the project. I am still no sure that she go her head around the entire scientific process, but she did a good job, finished ahead of the deadline, did virtually all of it, including choosing the experiment, on her own.
She has also been a joy as we read at bedtime together. We completed a book that Mom (my mom) gave her for Christmas, and started on the autobiography by Malala Yousafzai last night.
J.K. has also shown growth over the weekend, in his deliberation, his speaking, his mathematics. We have been playing SimCity Buildit, often together, often each of us doing some of it solo. In talking as we do it, I have listened to him strategize do arithmetic in his head. He is sharp.
And Myka is such the character as always. Being considerably younger, she still needs to be provided patience-- not necessarily understanding, as some of her behaviors are not understandable. The refusal to rinse her mouth after I finally had to brush her teeth, having carried her up from her slumber on the couch was completely ridonculous. After a couple of minutes of just staring at herself in the mirror as she wailed, she decided she had to go potty. When she came back, she decided she wasn't ready to change her clothes for bed yet since she hadn't brushed her teeth. She was oblivious to having had them brushed and standing there with toothpaste running out of her mouth just a couple of minutes earlier. Awake but not awake apparently.
Ana is off in Provo, Utah, for the second week of three that she will make out there for her electromyography course. This week is for the lower extremities. She prepared like a son-of-a-gun for this week, having been stunned by the upper extremity week back in October. She kept her studies up consistently afterward and, having completed her first day today, she got back to the hotel in good spirits and apparently not fatigued. She was in wonderful spirits as she used FaceTime to say goodnight to the niños.
So the lols are here for the week, and thank goodness. Since they are out of school, and the clinic is not yet closed for tomorrow, it is wonderful that they are here to cover.
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