Little Chef

        

Max has always loved to help in the kitchen, and it seems like lately he has loved it even more. He seems so at home there and wants to help with every aspect. I bought him his own little knife (plastic), and he loves to wear his apron that we decorated. I have also noticed that cooking has been a good way to integrate therapy. After a long day at school it is really hard to get Max to sit down and work on something. So doing it while we are cooking seems to be a good way to sneak it in. I think I might just have my very own little Bobby Flay on my hands!

Fun Time and Fireworks

So I know that you can all tell that I am a little hap hazard with the blog. I have been tossing around ending the blog for the a little while. I'm just having a hard time pulling the trigger. I still love to put our lives down and look back fondly. So for now I've still got the blog but it will probably still be every once in a while. And while so many things are going on it is actually still a lot of the same things. We are all working hard and getting the ball rolling on a new school year. Also I know a lot of people have asked about the genetic test that was started a year ago. Unfortunately they called over the summer to tell us the results had been pushed back to the first of next year. The results were supposed to be in April but it is a highly involved test where they are checking Jeff, me and Max's genes. Hopefully it will give us a diagnosis so that insurance will cover additional therapies for Max. So when I find out I will try to tell inquisitive minds. But for now I have to play a little catch up and give you a glimpse into our July 4th. Jeff doesn't like the 4th of July parade and we were worried that Max wouldn't last the whole time. Lately he has been getting a little overwhelmed with crowds so he stayed home with daddy and I went with one of my best friends Abby. It was fun and I got to watch my nephew march for the first time which was fun. My family ended up coming and sitting with us, and it was a pretty day outside because of the nice breeze and mild temperatures for Oklahoma in July. Of course you can't have the 4th of July without a cookout, so after the parade I met up with my boys and we want to my brothers house for burgers and a swim. And of course the grand finale... Fireworks! Edmond has the best fire works EVER. and this year was no different. This was actually the first year Max really watched them. He got a little cranky toward the end. Then again it was 2 hours past his bed time. It was a great day and awesome memories were made.

And we topped it all off the day after meeting Papa for breakfast, yum!

Hungry Hungry Hippos

Max has a new favorite game and I'm sure you just guessed it, it's Hungry Hungry Hippos. I forget how much fun kid games are sometimes. Max got the game a while ago but we finally busted it out this summer. And what was great is it forces Max to use hand eye coordination, and he can actually beat Jeff and I every once in a while. Mind you he controlled two hippos but that is neither here nor there. It's so fun to watch him sometimes because you can really see him trying to figure things out. And when he does it's even better. He lights up and yells "mommy I did it look" and I can't help but get just as excited as he is.