Easter

The Easter Bunny comes on Saturday morning. This year, he brought candy, books and bubble wands for each child, with a bi-plane kite to share. Unfortunately, we haven't had the time to take the kite out yet. Here are some pictures.


After breakfast, Rachel, Brandon and Abi came over for an Easter Egg Hunt. We were also joined by Mom and Dad Ferrin. We then had a nice lunch.

Late Wednesday News

I didn't feel like blogging yesterday. I had gain a pound and Eric had stayed the same. I felt really bummed, but this morning, I got on the scales and I was 2 pounds down. So we'll see how next week's weigh in goes.

Braden and I have been working on his science fair project which involved paper airplanes. I'll blog more about that tomorrow.

Sunday News

I got to go to the General YW broadcast yesterday. It was amazing being in that huge building. We had very decent seats too, on the second level. I didn't even get motion sick (don't ask)

Besides that we are doing fine. We submitted the Art City Elementary Yearbook for publication on Friday. I'm pretty excited about that. I hope it turns out well. It looked good on the computer software. It's the first year that the school has done this and we thought that it was a steal of a deal at $8.50 a book, 40 pages with all color pictures. So now I have to wait until the end of May to see the final product. I'll let you know how it goes.

Wednesday update

Good news for us. Eric and I both lost another pound last week. The good news is about Eric's cholesterol. Two years ago, his level was at 228. Pretty scary. So, under our doctor's advice, he started taking a niacin supplement. This plus the weight loss equals a level of 177. He lost 10 pounds last year and 15 since January. Good for him!

I haven't had my cholesterol taken, but I should. I have lost 19 pounds since the beginning of January.

Great Movie

Eric and I had a date last Saturday. We went to dinner at the Olive Garden and then caught a $1 movie. We saw "August Rush", which was amazing. I highly recommend it.

St. Paddy's Day 2008 and good news

As is traditional, the Ferrin family had green eggs and ham for St. Patrick's day (also honoring Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2nd). We were all decked out in our green, but Braden and Adam had matching St. Patrick's day T-shirts. That was cute. Here's the pictures of our holiday breakfast.


I almost didn't get to download these pictures because my new cell phone about died. I left it charging on the bathroom counter last night, and about 4:30 this morning, it started making the weirdest noises. When we checked on it, I realized that I had splashed water on it last night while washing my face. The most embarrassing part is that I have to admit to the destruction myself. I finally got the thing turned off (a very long story), and the battery out, and I used my blow dryer on the cool setting. With that treatment and then sitting on my dresser upstairs where it was nice and warm, the phone decided not to die. That is nice for me since to replace it would cost me $199. OUCH!

Adam's Education

So Adam had an IEP (individual educational plan) yesterday, with the current team of preschool educators working with him and the transitional kindergarten team for next year. I was so frustrated listening to the speech pathologist talk about what he is and isn't able to do. She told me that I should only try teaching him the sounds of the letters without attaching them to the letters themselves. I was surprised to hear that he wasn't "capable" of learning it the other way since I know that he could sound out the letters. So this morning I sat down with him and some alphabet flash cards. He only struggled with about 5 letters and the majority of the problem is the the speech problem. He really struggles to make some sounds correctly. So not only could he identify the letter itself, but also the sound of the letter, and he could tell me a word that began with the sound. *sigh* So I'm going to have a talk with the new team, since I'm already inclined to be impressed with them, just by their interaction with him yesterday. I have never felt really impressed by the team working with Adam now, but I can't deny that he has made amazing progress. I'm also concerned with the fact that his teachers now want him to be evaluated for ADHD. I know that he's a busy child, no one knows that fact better, but all of the kids have been that way. I'm wondering if they aren't a little prejudiced. The good news is that even though he is a busy kid, he isn't a behavior problem. One thing I did have to point out to them is that when Adam is trying to be funny, he'll intentionally answer questions wrong. The speech therapist's answer to that was, "Well, he wouldn't do that away from home." I couldn't believe she would say that. Why would she think that that behavior would be restricted to home? He's going to have a wonderful time in school, especially during testing time. *voice dripping with sarcasm*