Hi everyone! So here is the latest on all of us here at the Vance household. Jordan has been placed into an IEP-or individual education plan, classified as a communication disorder. He will be given specific coaching in speech and lanaguage, as well as have a reading recovery class. When we were in the meeting to discuss the steps needed to help him, it seems as though everything they want him to achieve he already does at home, but cannot relate it to a school situation, or generalize an answer in a situation. We are hoping more one on one teaching will open him up and help also with his attention span and possibly short term memory. We have also noticed he is starting to show symtoms of his heart condition being a problem. We are trying some perscription allergy medicine, but if that doesn't do anything to help, we will have to have him go back to the cardiologist to see if the sling around his trachea has grown with him or is cutting off his airways. Ashton has quite the personality, and is unpredictable in what he will say. He and Jordan are expert Wii bowlers, and can ham it up playing Mario Kart Wii, its fun to watch.
Kali is a dancing queen, and will see the theme to Mama Mia around the house while dancing to her own tune. We are thinking of putting her into a dance class in the summer. Nick is currently working on my laundry room, he is building it off the kitchen so we can finish the basement and add the family room and Jordan's bedroom by next year. I am excited for the laundry room, I drew a picture for him with alot more storage space, cabinents, and shelving for decor. Plus he promised me a new washer and dryer. I am doing well, Work is good, someone said something to the boss and he has mellowed out alot, so it isn't bad walking the store with him anymore. I have become infatuated with reading about King Henry the eight. I got alot of book gift cards for the holidays and got several novels from the different perspectives of his life. I am almost done with one written from his point of view, and will start on one from his 4th wife Anne of Cleves. I remember a long time ago Mom was saying that as she got older "time goes faster" I remeber thinking she was crazy, because time crawled and you had all the time in the world to play--but she was right--Each day gets shorter and less gets done, my hair gets longer, my body gets fatter, and the list to do gets longer--what's up with that?