Yes, it has been a long time. I had my wisdom teeth removed and it hurt...bad....still does :(

Today I went to watch Cooper's class which I haven't done in a while. He was great! The first thing I noticed was he was sitting all alone in the corner reading a book being ignored by all the teachers. I was really unhappy about that until I realized what he was doing. He had this little book that had pictures of shapes/objects in it. As he turned each page he would dig into the bucket sitting next to him and pull out a matching object. For example he turned to a flag and pulled out a little American Flag, etc. He would pull it out, hold it up and get a really big smile, then put it back and turn to the next page. It was just so cute, he doesn't need any stinking teachers...he was doing the lesson all on his own. No other kid in his class has the concentration to do something like that without the teacher prompting them.

Other things he did today, he imitated the signs for me, book, and circle. Everytime the teacher said to the group "if you want a turn do this ____" (then she did some movement), he imitated her. I was really impressed with him today.

Then he fell asleep on the way to his last day at the Shafer Center for ABA. He was cranky when we got there so I tried to distract him with a toy phone that they had while we were waiting. I figured he would like it because it had numbers (0-9) on it. I started asking him to show me the numbers and of course he did it perfectly. He looked a little bored so I asked him to show me 18. I really wasn't sure he could do it but without hesitating he pushed the 1 then the 8! Yeah, he got all the numbers right 10-20 that way too. That is just amazing, he is too smart.

Sailor Boys

Quinn driving the boat!

Cooper sitting with Grandpop and watching the water.

Nice boat, Grandpop!

This was the position Cooper felt most comfortable in on the boat. He is such a goofball!

Considering exploring the rest of the boat.

Cooper on the bowsprit with Grandpop Bill, so happy that he decided to move :)

Quinn climbing on the boat.

He really enjoyed standing at the lifelines and looking out on the water.

I forgot to mention that the doctor thinks Quinn's two tiny front teeth are dead! What!! We need to go to the dentist so don't let me forget. Ugg.

Both my boys totally knocked my socks off today!

First, Quinn was at horseback riding and his new horse, Twister, has a little GI problem. That horse poops every time Quinn is on him and for some reason he can't walk and poop at the same time (aren't horses supposed to do that?). So Twister stops walking and none of the therapists do anything but wait for the horse to finish going. Quinn decides to take things into his own hands and reaches forward and grabs the "go" card and hands it to the therapist with absolutely no prompting! Just two weeks ago he couldn't do it at all without hand over hand and last week he was just starting to do it with tons of prompting. Thankfully Twister was just about done and the therapist made a big deal about Quinn doing it himself and then they started walking again. He did it a few more times all by himself again too, good job Quinn!

When we go home from riding Cooper insisted on having a chocolate bar. I was exhausted so I sat down and handed him a little piece at a time (you don't want to hand Cooper a whole chocolate bar). When it was all done he came back for more and I told him it was all gone. He wanted to check out the wrapper to be sure so I handed it to him. Then I said (jokingly) "Go put this in the trash for me." He took the wrapper and ran off towards the kitchen, I really didn't expect him to throw it out. We haven't been working on that at all and our trash can is in a hidden pull out cabinet. Well, Cooper shocked me by going right to the trash can, pulling it open, placing the wrapper in it, and then closing it! I didn't even think Cooper knew the word "trash", but he didn't hesitate once the whole time! That is definately a skill we will be practicing a lot from now on, no more leaving wrappers all over the place :)

Quinn also had his 5 year old check up today. Everything was fine. He is 50th percentile in both height and weight on the typical chart! At least he is typical at something! He got one shot and didn't even cry. He is such a good boy.

A picture from the birthday party we went to last weekend. Cooper was the last one at the table because he insisted on picking all the icing off his cake with his fingers. Someone snapped this picture of him in icing heaven.

I took Cooper for ice cream between schools today. He is such a good boy! Somehow between last week and today he figured out how to lick the cone instead of biting. This is good because when he bites the soft ice cream it gets all over his face and he doesn't like that. Hmmm, maybe Grandma Jan taught him? He is such a sweetheart. Today he said "doggy" and then he said "wait" again (he said it yesterday too). I think that is his new favorite word...I guess maybe I use it too often. He was also really into doing his puzzles tonight. After he finished each one he had me put it back on top of the TV and get him another one, it was cute. I guess he didn't want his brother messing with them :)

Today was Quinn's last day of school. I would be really excited about this if Cooper didn't still have a month of school left, to be followed immediately by another month of Quinn's summer school. Kids with special needs don't get summers off, which means neither do their mommies! Tommorow Quinn has a doctors appointment, his five year old check up, and then horseback riding. Wednesdays are tough I tell you!