Leah in Real Life: August 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Word of the Week

is CUP.

I will take "up" or "jus" or "meelk."

Just not "ahhhhheeehhhhhaaaa"

Twins typically run a higher risk of needing speech therapy. Boy twins run even a higher risk of needing therapy. Ever since I read this right about the time they were born, I have been very observant and concerned about their speech development. (Well, really I have been concerned about all the stats since we were born a little petite...) Each time we visit the Dr. I ask about it.

This time we went for a visit he was finally concerned.He suggested we start with the really familiar words from day to day life starting with cup. I think next week we will choose a word with b,d,m,-earlier developed sounds.

So for the next few months we will continue Mommy's Language Lab. If things are still progressing at this speed we will begin therapy at 2. After many years in the education world, I know how important this is to their academic and social success. We will continue to be very proactive in our interventions and patient for the right time for these words to start flowing.

CUP MUCH?

* We have pics of their cups taped up around the house*

*Cups are integrated in all of our "centers." I hid them in the playroom, SOLO cups in the sand table and Bathtub, ect. *

*Lots of discussion of Mommy's cup, Daddy's cup, Dylan's cup, Brody's cup...*

*A special treat of Hot Wheels when the word is spoken!*

*Lots of playtime with our Big Kid friends!*

*What other suggestions do you have?

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Most importantly, they were made in HIS IMAGE

and are absolutely PERFECT in my eyes!

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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Funcation Pt. 2: San Antonio, watch out, Here we come!

VIVA SAN ANTONIO!

We had a wonderful time doing all things San Antonio!

We stayed at the Gunter Hotel right across from the Majestic Theatre. I was sad there wasn't anything playing right then. Everyone was EXTREMELY nice and helpful. We got an AWESOME corner room on the 11th floor. It was bigger (so there was lots of extra room for 2 pack and plays and room to play) and it was at the end of the hall so we didn't disturb too many folks. We looked right out to Houston St. and were in great walking distance to the Children's Museum, Riverwalk, and Alamo. Just Perfect!

We ate our way through the town...

We had breakfast at the Gunther House. Michael and I love the Gunther House! I wish I could have had lunch there, too. I love the Chicken Salad! We ate at one of Michael and I's other San Antonio favorites La Paloma Blanca . It has a fabulous tres' leche cake-Michael's FAVE! We met one of my dearest college friends, Jill and her hubby Justin at one of their local faves El Chaparral. So Yummy!!!! If you can't tell, we tried to eat Mexican at almost every meal. Hey, it is a FUNCATION. No waistline worries. We had a few more places we never made it too.

A Ride on the River

The Today show was filming down there the morning we rode. They had the boats decorated and we rode by the taping finishing. The slight hum of the boats had Brody out within 5 min and Dylan snoozed the last 15 min. The FUNCATION had worn them out!

The boys favorite thing we did outside of Sea World was the Children's Museum.

They had lots of fun being "independent" (That is a BIG deal for them right now.) and getting to explore the different exhibits. Their favorite stop (and mine when I was a kid) was the grocery store. STAY OUT of their way because nothing was going to stop their shopping carts.

We quickly shopped around at La Cantera and hopped back on the road. Mommy would have liked more time to look and shop, but the boys overruled. I did squeeze in some time at Sephora for some new makeup!

Great Funcation! Everyone had lots of fun and we are ready to go back again!

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Funcation Pt. 1: Time to SEA the WORLD

Let the Funcation Begin!

We drove down to Sea World in San Antonio. Our first day was spent enjoying all the things that don't require a swimsuit.

The boys loved the pit of blocks.
2 of their favorite things for sure.

They love to dogpile anything right now.

We sat in the splash zone at the Shamu show. I didn't expect to get wet...but expect the unexpected with Shamu and friends. Brody and I:SOAKED but Michael and Dylan didn't even get a drop. The water was salty and nasty. Brody was having his "popcorn" while he watched the show. He had his rice cake ready to go when we got splashed. You would think a saltwater soaked rice cake would be discarded, but my boys leave no food untouched. G-ross!

Their favorite time was time spent in the WATER!

This was their most favorite part of all of Sea World.

No fear.

They ran all around this area, ran right up to all the water, and stuck their faces in it. I wish I could have captured their little expressions. The first second was a moment of surprise and then lots of laughter!