busy week

this week was great!!! i was able to coordinate a night out for my friend Dallas. we just went to chili's for dinner and drinks... nothing fancy, just a fun night out. i was so happy that we were able to go out one last time before she moves to kansas city! we gave her the platter we had custom made for her house in Nantucket. (http://www.saltmarshpottery.com/)

this week the boys both started swimming lessons. carter has done them off and on in the past, but this was mason's first lesson. it just amazes me how different the boys are. carter is so timid and is still not comfortable in the water. he is always trying to negotiate to do the least amount possible. while mason just loved his lesson and did everything his teacher asked.

my mom also came down to stay with me for 2 nights. our schedule is so busy these days, especially with carter in kindergarten and i feel bad that she isn't able to see the kids as much as she would like. so i asked if she wanted to come down for a visit and stay a couple of nights. we had so much fun! we did a lot of shopping and hanging out.

i also had a meeting with the public schools to see what services mason would qualify for since he will be turning 3 and will be leaving Early Intervention. they said his receptive language skills were great! he tested above his age level, and has lots of wonderful skills. his expressive language was a little low, which wouldn't be that big of deal if his receptive skills were not so high. he also has some trouble with sentence structure and sound endings. they read through the report with me, and seemed to really nail down what he can and can't do. they are offering him speech twice a week, for 30 minutes. we will start that next week, after he turns three.

speaking of turning 3, we had mason's b-day party today. i will write an update about that later, but it was a lot of fun!!!