LS was born since I was last on here. She is 4 almost 5 now. I have already applied for her to go to the elementary school I want her to go too. I might make a separate post about her birth as there is one half written, I wouldn't hold my breath. Currently LS is a sassy 4 year old girl who never stops talking and bouncing off walls. I'm sure she has ADHD as it runs in the family but my Dr. And I decided to wait til she started school to worry about it. Even though that makes my days hard and long. LS also started Speech therapy about a year and a half ago. Progress has been slow going and she normally talks too fast to use what she learned and getting her to slow down is hard.
RR is now 11. She started middle school this year. She is in the advanced classes offered at her school and getting A's and a B in her "struggle" class. She currently goes to a stem school though I have applied again for her to go to the art school instead as she loves art. She also loves stem so she torn about switching; but she might not get in like last year so it might be a moot point.
WL is 9 and struggling with depression and intrusive thoughts. I finally managed to get her into therapy as the wait lists are so long here and she is doing better. Some days are still a struggle but it will always be that way. WL also did manage to get into the art school she is the only one of the three that 'won' the lottery to get in. She seems to like her new school though she has struggled with some a couple bullies. She has done a good job making new friends and staying in touch with her old friends too. Cell phones have really made that easier.
CL is doing well he is 7 and in second grade. Since my last post he has done 3 years of speech therapy and graduated from his private speech earlier this year while he continues to get speech at school. He's still at the school the big girls used to go to but they no longer have the balanced calendar option so we are on a traditional schedule. None of us are happy about it but there isn't anything we can do about it. We are districted for that school now though so the bus is an option for him now.
And since I currently have 3 kids in 3 different schools he rides the bus to school and home, and RR rides the bus to and from school as well. WL is driven every day, roughly 20 minutes each way, according to the car it 19 miles there and back. We tried driving everyone at the beginning of the year but what happened was I spent 3 hours picking up kids in the afternoon which was just ridiculous and too long to keep poor little LS locked up in the car.
As for me I have a service dog now, she reminds me take my meds every morning and night, she helps calm me down when I am overstimulated or overwhelmed. She is a standard poodle black with a white splash on her chest that I trained myself. She is just an amazing dog. We also recently adopted two free kittens twin sisters. One is Escape who is WL emotional support animal, WL spends most of her time snuggled up with Escape or carrying her around draped over her shoulder. Escape just loves her and let's her do it. No one else is given the time of day by that cat. Lightning the other cat is everyone else's cat who loves to cuddle have forehead kisses and get back scratches. She is pretty much a dog, so my mom loves her.
In other news we are headed to my in-laws for Christmas this year. Staying at a hotel not too far from them with my dog of course. We've never had Christmas up there with the kids before so it will be an experience.
I think that covers all the major things. If not I can always post again or something. Lol.
