A Few Days Later

The kids have been helping with the meal preparations more and more. Now that they are older, not only have they expressed an interest, but I think it is time that they learn the basics. One of the simple things I think the kids should know how to make is spaghetti.

So Caleb fried up the ground beef for me and learned how to drain the fat.


Adam and Rachel are both thirteen. While they are two complete opposites, I am blessed with a little treat every now and them---- seeing the two hanging out together just because.

As a Mom, I think that is cool.

Dennis is back to his old self. I kid you not, he is back out riding his push car, swinging in his chair, and insisting that if his siblings could go swimming, he could too!


So, I allowed him to get his feet wet and thankfully he didn't push for more.

I think it was a little too cold for him.

But Sveta----- she wants to swim everyday despite the freezing temperatures and is disappointed when the sun isn't out. She knows that if the sun is not shining I will not let her swim. Since she can't understand temperatures yet because of fetal alcohol syndrome, this helps her to gage on her own when swimming is appropriate.

Now that Dennis has been home a few days and is up and running around, I have been able to take a much better look at what the surgeon actually did. Not only did he he get rid of alot of the scar tissue that ran across his face from the amniotic banding, but he also raised his left ear and got rid of the huge scar patch that was behind his ear. The scar's diameter was 2 inches and prevented any hair growth in that area. Now it looks like he will have a fairly normal hairline and his ears will be even when he wears glasses. In the future the surgeon will operate to cup this ear so that it is like the other one. This will likely be one of his last reconstructive surgeries, or so I hope, when they fine tune everything else.

This picture definitely says it all!

This little boys personality is one in a million----- no gazillion!