It's been awhile since I've posted. Mainly because a ton has been going on with myself personally as well as with the girls. But I'm hoping to get back into blogging more often on this site.
Within the past year my girls have completely sprouted! Abrial just turned 12 this past December and Maddy just turned 11 in January. They are both about to enter the 6th grade in August and both are doing very well. They both still have speech therapy and Abrial still has an occupational therapist as well. Speech therapy is about to be done for both of them...FINALLY! Abrial received speech therapy at first because she didn't talk much, now she talks all the time! Although up until last year she would still walk up to me and just stand there until I asked her, "What?" Now she'll actually come up to me and ask whatever it is she wants to ask. She still mimics her favorite tv shows almost all the time. She also finds one sentence she likes and repeats it at least 5-10 times before she stops or I tell her that I get it. lol.
Abrial seems to have changed literally over night. She went from watching non stop kiddie shows to watching only Disney XD with shows like Jessie, Dog with a Blog, and Lab Rats. She does still like Disney movies thank goodness. We had to buy Frozen the day it came out as I'm sure many parents did. lol. She also sits on her bed most of the time with her laptop in her lap, her iPod next to her, and her headphones on listening to music. Interest in toys is almost non-existent. She still likes some dolls but she doesn't really play with them anymore. She has definitely entered the pre-teen stage.
Madyssen is following right behind her although she still likes playing with her toys, but it's mostly dolls. She plays with her American Girl dolls and her Lalaloopsies but that's about it. Otherwise she's on her computer or her phone just playing away.
Madyssen also just started taking gymnastics. It's something to help her run that energy out and gives her more kids her age to hang around with.
Abrial's diet remains the same. She is picky as ever and only eats maybe a handful of things on a regular basis. She'll try something if I bug her enough but that's it. She's not a fan of hamburger meat of any kind. We haven't gone gluten free with her because I don't feel that she needs it. I do try to keep her away from wheat which is kind of hard these days with them trying incorporate it in everything including some of her favorite cereals.
Madyssen is getting a little more picky but she generally will eat whatever.
Maddy is still on ADHD medications and doing very well with them. Her grades have improved greatly and we definitely have no worries in the weight department. Maddy eats all the time and is still considered at the ideal weight for a 11 year old girl.
Our biggest struggle at the moment is SUMMER! Both the girls are going to sleep extremely late and waking up late in the mornings. It's summer so I'm not pressing the issue much but having a 12 year old and a 11 year old up until 1am to me is not normal. Abrial is usually awake by the time I make it home for lunch (11:30am) but Maddy is still sleeping. I think I'm going to start making them turn off their electronics around 11pm and slowly lower it from there the closer it gets to school time. I just know this will be a big problem when school starts back in a month if I don't do something now.
But like I mentioned earlier, both the girls are doing fantastic right now. We just got back from our beach trip which I'll post about at another time.
Thanks for catching up with us!
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