We have a swimmer!

I picked the Busy Little B up from school the other day and it was such a nice day, in the fifties and sunny and warm enough to not need your coat.  We went and filled up the tank and took the long way around to B's OT appointment to enjoy the sunshine.

He had a really good OT session--they worked on an activity that is normally a source of frustration but he stayed cheerful and focused and determined to defeat the activity (everything right now for him is in terms of conquering and defeating.  He wants to be a knight).  The work they are doing on multi-tasking is really helping at school!

Miss Iz also had a good therapy session and talked about what had  been happening since her last session (she often feels anxious talking about the highs and lows of her week and refuses to participate.  We do what was the high point of your day and the low point of your day at the dinner table periodically to try to get her comfortable with the concept and it seems to help).  The "bad" days tend to stick out but if you really look at it, her emotions and responses to it are much more even and appropriate overall than when we pulled her from school.  Progress is always good :)

We went home for chores and dinner and then were off to swim again :)  This session of swim is almost over--they are going to be so sad when it ends.  Its great for them but I must admit I won't mind having my evenings back again ;)  W went to nursery and the Big Kids and I went to the pool and Iz had an awesome lesson!  Her instructor said if she keeps this up, she will graduate to Level Two.  Iz is SO EXCITED.  She wanted to master the skills in Level One and she did it :)  The Super Kid is *so close* to level two but he's still too timid and hasn't mastered floating because he's afraid of sinking.  Iz got over that fear and ticked off all the boxes to move on.  Poor B.  He's trying so so hard but he's still just too  uncoordinated to pass level one.  He's gotten better but there's a reason he's in OT twice a week to work on being able to process and execute multiple instructions at once :p  But I'm so proud of him because he keeps trying and improving and doesn't give up.