Yesterday was Devin's birthday and he turned 4. Wow! He's a little boy now. I no longer have any toddlers or babies (although sometimes that doesn't seem true between all 3 of them - ha). Kind of sad. In the morning he got to choose his breakfast and he chose Cookie Crisp. Such a healthy start to the day. We also gave him his present because he was going to school and then he and I were off to Disneyland. He said he had a good time at school because I had brought in cupcakes for the class and they sang to him. So, I picked him up at noon and we left for Disneyland...just the two of us. It was his birthday, so he got to choose all that we did. Do you know what I learned from being there yesterday? It's a Small World, after all! I learned that SIX times! And honestly it could have been more if I hadn't gently persuaded him to try something else. He absolutely loves Small World and was in his glory that he got to go on so many times. He just melted my heart when we were walking back over to go on it for the 5th time and out of no where, when we weren't talking about anything, he said "Mommy, thank you taking me Small World". I almost would have taken him another 5 times right then. So sweet! We ended up going on the monorail twice and going over to Tom Sawyer's Island for a bit too. He really did have a fun time and gave me the sweetest smile every time I said yes that we could go on S.W. again. Good thing there was barely a line for that ride. We never waited more than 5 minutes each time, thank goodness. Happy birthday, Devin! We love you!
I realized the other day that I never posted a picture of Devin's new ABA Therapist. This is Jenessa. We hired her about a month ago because Devin is needing help in some area's still and going to school 9 hours a week isn't quite helping enough. She's wonderful and Devin really likes her. Currently we're in the middle of waiting for another assessment through the school district. We met with the speech pathologist 2 weeks ago and in only 5 minutes she told me what she saw and she was spot on. She was very on top of it too. She called me the next day telling me that she met with the board and they want to do a more in depth assessment on him focusing more on his needs than just the general stuff that he's always barely passed on. She sounded more hopeful for us getting some kind of help with them and recognized the need. I know better than to get my hopes up too high, but it does seem more hopeful this time around than last year. We'll see. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
We didn't do anything spectacular, but it was still fun. Last night for Family Home Evening we made stepping stones with hand prints and the kids got to decorate them. They loved it. We did find out we should have waited a couple of hours before starting the project when it kept caving in on itself, but they still turned out okay and the kids had fun. 
