Catch Up

I know all you readers have anxiously been awaiting my next post, checking the blog every day to see if it's been posted yet! (Lol, don't worry, I'm only kidding, I'm not delusional.)

The reason I haven't posted in a while is because I've been busy. I mean really busy! Let me tell you how our week goes... We have T ball practice & a game each week, sports skills class, speech, OT, & dance class. Addy has girl scouts every other week. I've been volunteeering at Addy's school & had to go to a couple girl scout trainings too. Not to mention I am the team captain for Addy's elementary school Walk Now for Autism Speaks team so I have been putting fundraisers together. So yes, like I said, I've been busy!

So let me just catch you up with what's been going on at our house...

Nick & I had our 11 year anniversary on September 15th! We ate dinner at RA Sushi & then went to The Chocolate Bar for dessert. We split this piece of rocky road chocolate cake & boy was it delicious!

Addy performed a few magic tricks for us. Here she is doing that trick where you put a ball under a cup, slide the cups around & then ask which cup the ball is under. Yep, I was able to find the ball. (It might have been a little harder for me if she had cups that were all the same. But shh, don't tell her that, lol.) She also made a few things disappear & pulled a rabbit out of her hat!

 

Alex has been playing with his stuffed animals a lot lately. Here he is snuggled up with some of them watching TV.

I bought some new fall candles. This one smells great!

With the beautiful weather, we've been having playdates at the park. This day, we spent 2 hours at the playground & only left so that we could eat lunch.

 

This guy has also been enjoying the beautiful weather!

 

Addy pretended that she was a princess & said she needed a castle. So I made her one! I took 3 boxes & taped them together & used gray construction paper as blocks. It even had a real working drawbridge.

I've made several door hangers these past couple of weeks. I'm selling them now & have had lots of orders from teachers at Addy's school.

 

Alex had his first t ball game. (And his second & missed his third.) I'll try to do a separate post on his games soon.

Addy & Daddy came & watched Alex play his game.

Addy cracked the screen on the iPad. So mommy got an iPad 3 & Addy now has her own iPad. (She already thought it was her's anyway, lol!)

I love how she fixed her cracked screen! A bandage makes everything better!

 

Look at this mess Alex made. He just wanted a 'little' cinnamon on his marshmallows! (And on the floor & on the stepstool & on the wall!)

Alex didn't want to participate at Sports Skills class again. Until the last about 20 minutes. And then of course, he didn't want to leave afterwards. The plan next week is to just drop him off & leave. Oh... we'll see how that goes, lol!

Addy has been doing great in her dance class! Getting more & more comfortable on the balance beam.

I've been working a lot on not only our team for the walk, but I'm also helping to set up a support group for parents of special needs kids in Sienna.

 There's been a lot of loving on a certain kitty going on in this house!

 

We've been playing outside

 

And playing dress up. (We play dress up a lot!)

Alex was Jake from Jake & the Neverland Pirates

 

and a fireman. Addy would go put Bailey on her dresser & yell for Fireman Alex to come save her kitty. It was so funny!

 

Addy & I had our first girl scout troop meeting.

 

And Nick & I ended these past couple of hectic weeks with a nice relaxing trip to Georgia to go visit some of our best friends.

 

And that's about it. I think you're all caught up with what's been going on in the Strickland household. I'll try not to wait 3 weeks before my next post. (But no guarantees, lol.)

Fall Ball

Well you all know that I signed Alex up to play T ball this fall. I thought a lot about it & decided that it would be good for him. Maybe help him come out of his shyness shell a little bit.

 

Last Sunday, we went to buy him a glove. He was totally NOT interested. He could care less about picking out & trying on a glove. And he didn't care about the balls either. He wanted to go look in the toy section & he picked out a Dora bubble blower. And that is all he cared about.

 

When we got home, Nick said maybe he's too young to play. Maybe I should just not bring him to practice. I was really starting to stress about it & second guessing myself for signing him up. But I had already paid for him to play & I couldn't get the money back so I decided we'd at least try it out.

 

Wednesday at 6:30 was his first practice. And as it turns out, I got myself all worked up for nothing. He absolutely loved it!

We got there a couple of minutes late & the boys (& 1 girl) were breaking up into small groups to work on different skills. Alex was in the group that was batting first. He put a helmet on, picked up a bat & was ready to hit the ball!

 

 

Great contact!

 

He hit the ball & ran to first base!

 

Next he worked on catching

 

and throwing.

 

And how to catch balls rolling on the ground. (There is probably a term for this but I don't know baseball lingo. I'm sure I'll be learning it over the next few months though.)

 

 

 

I LOVE this picture. Look at that excitment on his face!

 

 

After the kids practiced each skill, they played a quick game.

 

Alex hit the ball & ran to first. Then he ran to each base as the other players hit the ball. Here he is after reaching home plate. (I told Nick he made a homerun, but Nick said that is not called a homerun. And once again, I know nothing about baseball, lol!)

 

Alex loved t ball practice so much that he didn't want to leave when it was over. He did great socially & really listened to his coaches. I'm very proud of him & excited that he wants to play. I bought him a bat & ball today so he can practice his mad t ball skills at home too! Tomorrow is his second practice & next Monday will be his first game. I can't wait to see how that goes!

 

 

Insta Friday

It's Friday & once again I'm posting this on time! What what!!

If you remember last week, the kids were sick. By Saturday they were feeling better & wanting to get out of the house. So we walked to the playground at Addy's school for a little play time.
And of course Teddy & Mr. Dinousar had to go too.

  

On Sunday we took a family shopping trip to get Addy some dance shoes & Alex a T ball glove. Addy wanted the windows rolled down & loved having the wind blow in her face.

 

Day 9: something we usually do on the weekend... eat pizza

 

Addy played lots of dress up this week. She was a cowgirl.

 

She was a mommy,

 

 a pirate,

 

 and a princess.

 

Addy was looking for Bailey & Alex spotted him in the bushes. He pointed to Bay & said "Look mommy, I found Bailey. And you're right, I do have really great eyesight!" Lol. (What makes this so funny is I didn't tell him he had really great eyesight.)

 

Day 10: black & white... A sweet Bailey kitty hiding in the bushes. (I wonder who he's hiding from, lol!)

 

Monday night I brought Addy to the Girl Scouts membership rally. They let all the Daisy aged girls (Kinder & 1st graders) make a smore swap. (Swaps are little homemade trinkets that girl scouts trade with each other.) I got her registered & even volunteered to be the leader of a new troop!

 

Day 12: together...Nick was out out town Monday night so I let my babies snuggle up in my bed together.

 

Tuesday was the first birthday bakers of the school year. I made white chocolate oreo balls & chocolate chip cookie dough truffles for the teachers. They may not look that great but they tasted delicious! Click here if you want the recipe for the cookie dough truffles. (Because I know you all know how to make oreo balls already.)

 

On Wednesday, Alex had playdate with his friends.

 

And that night he had his first T ball practice. He loved it! Be on the look out for a separate post on T ball.

 

On Thursday, Alex had his second sports skills class at The Little Gym. They were still focusing on soccer & learned about being the goalie. He did much better this time & maybe in another week or 2 he'll actually participate without me being in the room.

 

Thursday night Addy had her first dance class. She loved loved loved it! Again, a separate post on this will soon follow.

 

There were a couple worksheets in Addy's folder on Friday after school. As I was checking out her work, I noticed the names on 2 of her papers... Me & Mom... Alex & Daddy. I think it's pretty sweet that she includes the whole family in her school work.

 

It was a really busy week & with everything I signed the kids up for, I know we are going to have many more just like this one! Hopefully I'll survive the fall, lol!