More on my boys

October 23, 2011

More on my boys

So yeah, if you're here to read about the BDSM stuff only you might want to skip this post. Try reading the one i'm going to post later today.....

Still here? Then it's time to boast about my amazing little boys (and Poppy a bit!). We took them to town yesterday to choose their Halloween outfits. Finn was very definite that he wanted this one:

and even tried hard to say the word 'skeleton' (but it comes out more like 'selly'). Talking of talking... Finn's language skills continue to amaze me everyday. Now he is 14 months old he should be using about 7 words correctly in context, but when i counted them the other day he has 42 words he uses recognisably and adds more everyday! He is also a very alert and clever little bean, shown by many examples such as when he suddenly shouted "HOT!" at a man opening an oven door in a kitchen showroom the other day - he wanted to warn the man not to get hurt because he didn't realise the oven wasn't working. Bless him!

Anyway, back to Halloween. We chose this costume for William:

because it's an all-in-one suit which doesn't have anything that goes on the head or the feet, both of which William hates. To be honest, William wasn't really interested in the costumes but he did like lots of the light-up toys which we got some of for him.

Poppy was very excited about getting her costume and determined to be a witch this year, even though i showed her lots of alternative (and cuter in my opinion) costumes. She assures me she will be a 'good' witch and has chosen this costume:

but in black and gold (which for some reason i couldn't find on the website). We also got her some black and gold stripey tights to wear under it and she does look cute with it on. Poppy is super excited about going 'trick-or-treating' with her Daddy again this year and we got her a cauldron-style bucket to collect her goodies in. While Sir and Poppy are gone, me and the boys will be manning the door of our house, giving out sweeties to any trick-or-treaters who might stop by (until the boys fall asleep, that is). And we've already bought plenty of decorations for the house, both outside and in.

Sorry for the slightly erratic nature of this post but my brain seems to be jumping around everywhere at the moment! In other news, William is doing really well with his sitting and i can now leave him propped up with cushions and he will stay sitting there pretty good. And he has so much better control of his head and neck now than he used to. Also he is tolerating food much better, though he will still only eat 7 different things. And he is using his hands much more functionally than before, only curling them into fists when he touches a texture he doesn't like rather than keeping them in fists for the whole time. His vision is so much improved too and he now enjoys watching the leaves blowing on the trees or looking at the cars driving past as he sits in his buggy, things that he wouldn't even have been able to 'see' properly a few months ago. He now receives a weekly session with a speech therapist at the early intervention clinic, on top of his weekly physio, hydrotherapy and group therapy sessions, plus all the daily work i do with him in our sensory room and the various clubs we go to, so i am hopeful that he will continue to improve :).

Finn continues to amaze me everyday with his sheer brilliance, his love of life, his cheeky nature and the way he just picks up new skills out of nowhere and starts using them as if he could always do it! This morning i was surprised by Finn toddling into our bedroom saying "Woo woo?", when i thought he was fast asleep in his cot in his own room. It seems he had woken up, seen William wasn't there (i had brought him into our bed in the middle of the night after a cluster of seizures), figured out how to climb out of his cot and came looking for his brother. Once he found him, Finn promptly climbed into our bed too and sat there "glah"ing at his cleverness and grinning at everyone!

Poppy is absolutely amazing too. She is only 3 1/2 but talks as if she is about 8 or 9! She can read approximately 20 words and is learning to sound out others phonetically (she knows the names and sounds of all the letters of the alphabet), can write her own name independently and copy some other letters under a model, counts to 30 and recognises numbers to 20, colours beautifully, cuts with scissors, paints fantastic pictures, makes up stories, engages in pretend play for hours at a time, knows lots of words and phrases in French, is a beautiful ballet dancer, swims confidently and now wants to learn to ride a bike! It's hard keeping up with her sometimes (and with Finn) but i want to let her try her hand at everything she is interested in and see what her full potential will turn out to be. Poppy is due to start in the Reception class of the local village school next September and we have been offered a part-time place for her at the nursery there after Christmas. After much debating we have decided to take up that place, so Poppy will be starting proper nursery school in January! i am a little nervous but mainly excited and i'm sure her development will surge forward once again as she will have access to some much educational resources and input.

Thanks for reading about my 3 poppets :)