Up in 3D

This afternoon we took the girls to see Up in 3D. They loved it!

After the movie we walked around Destin Commons. The girls decided that they wanted to take their picture outside of The Bass Pro Shop.

Madison was in deep thought.

Silly Madison!

Moving Update

Our house is officially on the market "For Rent" now.

The packing has begun.

The movers will be coming to pack and move all of the large items, but we have decided to move all of the other stuff ourselves.

Our schedule is getting a little crazy, so Madison and I sat down and made the girls their own calendar. Madison did a great job drawing a picture to represent every activity. Now they run out to the garage to check their calendar and see what they are doing each day.

We will miss....

Mr. Danny, Mrs. Megan, Tristen, Jeren and Desmond!

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Tonight we met our dear friends at the Splash Park on base for one last outing before they head to Pennsylvania.

Daddy and Jocelyn snuggled after eating some pizza.

Desmond and I enjoyed swinging and watching all of the other kids play.

Madison was a little nervous about swinging on the tire swing.

She quickly discovered that she LOVED it!

Tire swings are the BEST!

Here is a video of Madison, Jocelyn, and Tristen riding the tire swing.

It was getting dark, but we played in the Splash Park for a little bit before saying our goodbyes and heading home.

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We love this family and will miss them very much! We are praying that they have a safe and uneventful trip to Pennsylvania. We are so thankful for their friendship. We are looking forward to seeing what God has in store for them in Pennsylvania.

Beach and Splash Park

Today we went to the beach after Clay got home from being one of the doctors at the Gate to Gate Run this morning on base. It was a beautiful day to be outside.

Madison found a "tiny" shell to put on top of her sandcastle.

Jocelyn was ALL smiles!

We decided to stop off at the Uptown Station Splash Park on the way home to wash off all of the sand.

One Day...Two Birthday Parties...Three Kids

The girls and I had two birthday parties to go to today.

In the morning we went to Della's 2nd birthday party. It was a "Green Party!" You were asked to bring a gently used or re-gifted present, instead of something new that we bought from the store.

In the afternoon we headed to Crestview to the Speakman's house to help them celebrate Emily and Katie's 1st birthday.

Fun with "Mr. Manny"

Our friends stayed at our house for just a couple nights while they were in the process of moving out of their base housing and heading to Pennsylvania. Clay was out of town at a conference, so the girls enjoyed having Mr. Danny around to give them rides.

For some reason Jocelyn has trouble saying Mr. Danny, so she calls him "Mr. Manny!"

IEP Meeting

Today we had our annual IEP (Individual Education Plan) meeting with Madison's teacher and her Speech and OT therapists. We discussed Madison's progress and wrote new goals for her for the next school year.

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Behavioral

Measurable Annual Goal/Expected Outcome

Madison will act in an age appropriate manner when she is disappointed, doesn't get her way, and play in groups of 3 or more girls 10/10 consecutive days observed.

Benchmarks/Short Term Objectives

Madison will play for 20-30 minutes with 3 or more girls with no disagreements and hurt feelings by December 2009.

If Madison does not get her first pick of a job, task, or turn she will not pout or cry, by May 2010.

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Academic

Measurable Annual Goal/Expected Outcome

Madison will increase her academic skills to an age appropriate level for math, reading, and writing skills with recognizing numbers to 20, identifying letter sounds, and writing name and letters 100% by the end of the IEP period.

Benchmarks/Short Term Objectives:

Madison will count to 15 and recognize numbers in print by December 2009.

Madison will count to 20 and recognize numbers in print by May 2010.

Madison will be able to give the sound letter of the alphabet by December 2009.

Madison will be able to write her numbers to 10 and her first name by December 2009.

Madison will be able to write her first and last name and all letters upper and lowercase of the alphabet by May 2010.

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Occupational Therapy

Measurable Annual Goal/Expected Outcome

Madison will complete fine/visual motor skills with visual model 4/5 trials to increase independence with classroom tasks.

Benchmarks/Short Term Objectives

Madison will trace shapes and connect dot to dot pictures with good directionality.

Madison will cut straight and curved lines of a picture to produce recognizable shapes.

Madison will complete figure ground and mazes with good scanning skills.

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Speech Therapy

Measurable Annual Goal/Expected Outcome

Madison will correctly produce the phonemes /sh/ and /ch/ in all positions of words in connected sentences with 80% reliability.

Benchmarks/Short Term Objectives

Madison will correctly produce the target phonemes in all positions of words in 8/10 trails across three therapy sessions.

Madison will correctly produce the target phonemes in all positions of words in elicited phrases in 8/10 trials across three therapy sessions.

Madison will correctly produce the target phonemes in all positions of words in elicited sentences in 8/10 trials across three therapy sessions.

Madison will correctly produce the target phonemes in all positions of words in 2-3 elicited connected sentences in 8/10 trials across three therapy sessions.

Field Day!

Today was Field Day at Madison's school.

Madison LOVES to bounce in the Moon Walk.



Time for the Dunk Tank!




Poor Jocelyn got soaked.

Tug of War! Pull...Madison...Pull!

Water Race

Madison and Jocelyn's Team WON the Water Race!

We found out that Madison has a "hidden talent!" Check out these "monkey toes!"

Time for a snow cone.

Introducing the Cute Couple

Tristen and Madison love to have pretend weddings everytime they are together. Madison looks for any excuse to get dressed up like a princess and Tristen likes wearing one of Madison's black hair bows on his shirt for a bow tie.

Bean Bag FUN!

Isaac came over for a little while this morning to play with Jocelyn. They spend about a half and hour just playing with the bean bags. Who new that bean bags could be SOOOOO much FUN!

We can't wait to see him again tomorrow!

Visit to the Principal's Office

Madison got called to the Principal's office to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Mrs. Weikel was VERY impressed at how well Madison read the story. Madison did a great job making her book. Here it is:

Here are the videos of Madison reading her book:

At least Jocelyn learned about a cocoon. Haha!

PT with Daddy!

Clay has been ramping up for his yearly PT test. Madison decided that it looked like FUN and wanted to join in.

Daddy made sure that she stretched first.

More stretching.

Out for their run.
(Mommy had to run down the street and save Madison when she ran out of energy. We walked back home together and waited for Daddy.)



Clay attempted to teach Madison how to do push-ups

and sit-ups. Too FUNNY!