Outnumbered and Overjoyed

I mentioned that Ruby loves soccer and loves people, but does not seem to love soccer with people. We got some video this last week so you c...

So many good things happening with Ruby most days. She is talking so much and we are understanding more and more of it all of the time. The ...

That was how she titled her submission. Maddux was assigned a "Reflections" project the week before Fall Break. As usually happe...

Well Ruby's soccer debut wasn't quite what we'd hoped or anticipated. But isn't that life, especially with kids? Your expect...

We traveled down to Melbourne for a few days during the kids' Fall Break. It has been several years since we were all down there, but th...

In the blink of an eye. Expectant parents hear it over and over from those who have gone before them. And it rings true for every stage from...

No time for fancy things like editing tonight...busy week.  Ruby has speech at Maddux's school every Tuesday. Luckily, her start time ...

With the introduction of a schedule for Ruby where she is away from me, but in an reoccurring environment that includes social and academic ...

Speech updates to follow, but here is an example of one of the ways Ruby and I work on speech each day. Today we used plastic letters to pra...

When Eli started Middle School, he only had one option for class choices: Band, Chorus or an Art/Stem combo. It should not surprise anyone t...

This post is from months ago (check the hair!), but I had a hard time publishing the video which is vital to the context! She has since adde...

As I've said before, gymnastics is our only official PT these days. Ruby still loves it. Stays with class and gets help from the teacher...

This last week Maddux participated in the Elementary School annual Boosterthon fund raiser. She was super pumped because this year would be ...

We started school for Ruby, finally!  It's been a GOOD two weeks. She loves loves loves school and smiles and claps when we pull into...

Another late night start to this post, followed by many revisits during times when I was struggling. Because of that, my words are less guar...

Another monthly check-up for Ruby at the AFLAC Cancer Center, and another clean bill of health. This one was a milestone visit as it marks 6...

How did we go from here to here in the blink of an eye?!? Eli started Middle School today. As in laptop-carrying, locker-having, cla...

This post has started and stopped, been written and deleted, forgotten and found again... Might as well post it now before any more time pas...

It didn't hit me until later in the day that this was the first time Maddux has ever gone to school without Eli there too. Not that she ...

Eli was away at camp this week; this particular camp is a very bare-bones Christian camp that we've come to love. Last night Lehr and I ...