Dear Sickies,

You were both on the BRAT diet most of the week with Pedialyte chasers.  It was a week of bodily fluids!  Elizabeth, who is never sick, was down and out Wednesday with the virus -- Dada stayed home with you.  

When feeling better, you both managed to get in a few walks.  One in particular was a really long one to Mackworth Island and a walk on the beach on the south side!  The weather is really warming up!

Grace, you started speech therapy this week. Lisa is your therapist.  She has young three kids and really connected with you both and us too.  Your evaluation was scored at 14 months, compared with your adjusted age of 19 months.  You have four sounds -- mamamamama, dadadada, yayaya, and nigh-night and you probably sign 15-20 signs.  We think the issue is verbal/expressive, not developmental/cognitive.  William, your speech is also delayed but not enough to qualify for CDS services (your delay is considered medically necessary if we want to use medical benefits outside of CDS).  Because of your extensive sign language and more sounds, you probably do not need therapy.  

We went to an Easter egg hunt at Jacob's lodge (Elizabeth's brother).  Grace, you held onto your two plastic eggs; William, you collected lots of eggs.  It was great fun ... and the first time that you had jelly beans.

The conference Mommy and others have been planning went really well Thursday.  The former Surgeon General, Dr Satcher and a pediatric endocrinologist were the keynoters.  It is really scary how overweight our society has become. Keep eating your veggies and fruit.  We learned that the food pyramid is likely to change to eat 5-12 veggies and fruit a day.  There will not be any room for other foods!

William, you were pushed down at Music Together so Dada infused you ... the same day as the conference. We guess that we are in the stage where kids show strength or bullying by exerting your force.  We see you two do it to each other.  Oh, the fun begins!

All our love,

Mommy and Dada

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