Speech Therapist

Hello Readers,

When we had an appointment last month for Breanna we got referred for speech help. They came out a couple weeks ago and did the evaluation and had said they would offer her services. Today, the speech therapist and the teacher came to the house. They pretty much just asked me questions and observed Breanna of how she was talking and playing. They have decided that we should give her another month to start talking on her own. She is saying about 22 words right now. She is not putting sentences together yet. The speech therapist will call me in a month to see how she is doing. At that time, if we feel she needs some sessions, they will start the sessions then. I am glad to know they feel she is average though. I have been super worried about her. I am going to get her some more blocks and puzzles to work with, and maybe some flash cards to work on more words. That is my update on my daughter for now.

Have a great day!!!

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Hope you all have a great night.

Beef Stew for Supper

I have been getting bored with the food I make almost every week. I ran into a few new recipes to try on the internet in the last week or two. Then, I decided to ask my mom how to make her beef stew because I love it. I am sure it was not just like hers but it was really yummy and even my kids loved it. Yes, I do have one picky kid and that would be Justin.

Beef Stew

ingredients

1. 2 lbs of beef stew meat or cut up a roast
2. 1 onion
3. 3 bay leaves
4. fresh tomato or can of whole tomatoes
5. Beef paste in a jar
6. Carrots
7. Potatoes
8. Green Beans
9. Corn

How to make the stew

You will want to put the raw meat into your crock pot. Fill half way up with water. I used about 4 cups of water, but this will depend on the size of your crock pot. Add onions and beef past. You can add the onions to your liking. Put on low for 3-4 hours. Take the bay leaves out. Chop 3 or 4 good size potatoes into bite size, and add to the crock pot. Continue to cook on low for 3 more hours. Finally, you will want to add the rest of your vegetables. You can add in the amount you like. We usually buy a bag of the mixed vegetables that comes with the potatoes, green beans, carrots, and corn. We seperate the potatoes as they can take longer than the other vegetables. Let cook for about 20 minutes longer in the crock pot and then you are ready to serve. We usually eat our beef stew with some warm french bread and butter.

I hope your beef stew comes out as good as mine did.

School Pictures

I am part of the PTA at my son's school. Last week they had school pictures. I went in and helped them with the kids getting ready to get their pictures taken. They were all so good in getting in order, getting their faces wiped, and hair combed. I was excited to take care in this, as it was my first volunteer work for the school. Justin was also excited to see me when it was his class turn to get their pictures taken. I sure hope his pictures come out good. I want to give my friends and family a good picture this year. I volunteered from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. I was fun seeing all the kids, and how my son acts around his classmates. I hope to help his class in October for their Halloween class party. I will post a picture of my son's picture when they come back.

Have a great night everyone!!!

Getting Back on Track

Once again I am sorry for not updating my blog regularly. I am new at this, so I am going to try better to update.

We have had a lot of sicknesses going on in the last couple of weeks. Chuck had bronchitis, which he is better now. Justin and Breanna both had a bad cold with the sneezes and coughs. We had to keep Justin home from school a couple of days because all he was doing was coughing. They are both doing well. I had a cough for a few days but it has gone away now.

We did get our kids in for their yearly check ups. Breanna had her 2 year check up kind of late. We did finally get her in though. We had some concerns with diaper rash because it has been coming and going, and not doing anything differently. The doctor gave her a prescribed cream to see if that helps. Her height is 32 1/2 inches. The doctor says Breanna will probably be no taller than 5''1 as an adult. The poor kid got her daddy's genes. Her weight is at 20.4 lbs. My kids are always so tiny. The doctor is not worried about her weight as she gained almost 2 lbs since her last appointment. She got her Hepatitis A, PCV, and her flu shot. Breanna did not like that at all. Once I picked her back up, she was okay. Her doctor says she is healthy as can be.

Justin also had his 5 year check up. We had a few concerns about his allergies this time. The doctor referred him to a specialist. We have an appointment set up for October 5th, to get an allergy test done, and then we can go from there. He has been taking the singular, but now the doctor added in the claritin to help with the allergies. I wish I knew what caused his allergies. Hopefully soon we will find out. Justin's height was 42 3/4 inches. He is getting a lot taller now. The doctor says he will grow to be 5''8 as an adult. He will be about as tall as me. His weight is at 34 lbs. Yes, I do have small babies. The doctor said his weight is also fine as he is gaining at each visit with the doctor. He also got his flu shot. Chuck and I are going to get scheduled to get in to get our flu shots soon as well.

I hope everybody is having a good week, and I will post more later.

We all have been sick

I am so sorry to all of my readers for not posting in awhile. My whole family has been sick. The kids and I just had really bad colds. Chuck had to go to the doctor because he had bronchitis. So, it has been fun being mom to all three and sick on top of it. But the good news it that we are all better now, and back on track.

Justin is still loving kindergarten, although he says they do alot of work. I am happy they do so he learns, but he thinks its play time when we go to school. He does know when to play and when to learn.

Breanna is my little princess. We are trying to potty training, but we have not had such success yet. I would love to hear some ideas to help. I do not want to push her too much as she is only two years old.

My mom went on a vacation this week. She deserves one, but would love to go with her. I am going to miss her as I talk to her everyday! She will have a lot of fun though.

We did not have too much going on this week. I will post more next time. I hope everybody has a good week.

Sick Kid

My son came home from school yesterday sick. He must of picked something up from all the kids at school. He gets sick very easily in the first place. He had a bad cough so I gave him some medicine. The three of us were watching some cartoons on Nickjr (that's their favorite right now) Justin started coughing and he threw up all over my bed and the floor. I have a love and hate relationship with throw up, so yes it made me throw up too. Some things I just can not help. So, I got him into the bathroom, so he could finish his business. I went back, and cleaned everything up, and my daughter still sitting where she was goes Ewwwwww, bubba! LOL He is still coughing but hope to get to the store to get some better medicine for him. I am hoping he is better before Sunday, but if not we will have to postpone our plans.

We had plans going to my parents, and getting my sister and all her kids together. Oh my step brothers kids were going to be there too. We had planned on going to a National Park here in Iowa. Its called The Ledges, in Boone, Iowa. We may still go just depending on how Justin feels by then. We are going to take it easy tomorrow and see how it goes.

I hope everybody has a Happy Labor Day weekend, and stay safe!