Jingle Plays Hockey
Perhaps in celebration of Chance's birthday, Jingle played hockey with a few friends. Notice the great splits that Woody does to stop the puck. Nice save!
Grocery Shopping Most of the Day
The whole family started at Walmart and loaded up on some much-needed refill of groceries (it has been very busy around here and we just have been avoiding going to Walmart during this season). After unloading everything, we cleaned up a little and met with Tyler (our Covenant Kids case manager). Later A and Jack head out to the Asian Market for some stir fry "fixins" and then went to Kroger for a few items that we knew were NOT at Walmart. At least we did not have to shop for presents and got to avoid any "kids" isles.
X's Speech Evaluation
While meeting with Tyler, X's speech therapist (Jennifer) and her supervisor from Therapy 2000 come by for X's 6-month evaluation. X did incredibly well and, in-fact, jumped up an entire standard deviation in one of the two areas evaluated (putting him just two point below "normal" range). The other area he increased almost as far, but he had a long way to go. Since Therapy 2000 averages the two areas before determining if he still qualifies for their services, he will still be doing twice-weekly speech therapy. With the combination of school, our diligent work at home and certainly Jennifer, he has made significant progress. The therapist evaluating even said, given the trajectory of his progress, X might not even qualify in six months (meaning he would be within normal range of other children his age). This does not mean that he won't still have a learning difficulty or that previous diagnosis were incorrect. He is just learning how to cope with the disability much better. This was a huge victory.
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