Just a quick note to relate some good things that have happened to our crew lately. First, Emmett took a Peter Pan theater camp and he was cast as the lead! Aside from a short Roald Dahl theater camp where he played Willy Wonka in a 15 minute production, this was his first real acting experience, and it was a big one. The production was about an hour long, and Emmett had a TON of lines. Emmett rose fantastically to the challenge. He memorized his lines without much help from Mom or Dad, he learned his marks, and he performed amazingly. We were all so proud of him, and he was proud of himself! Yay, Emmett!
That same weekend, Asher has his sixth birthday party. Asher’s six! Can you believe it? It seems like just last week that Mom and Dad brought Asher home from the Kansas City NICU, a teeny tiny 4 1/2 pounds. He was like a perfect little doll. Well, he’s still perfect, but now he’s BIG. And he’s six! At his party, he had an Avengers cake, and ran around with his friends playing with Legos and dressing up. He got some amazing presents from his friends and from Mom and Dad too! More Legos, Spiderman Walkie-Talkies, and cool building kits. It was great! Yay, Asher!
A few weeks after that, Riley got his casts off! At first, he was scared. It felt so different to be without the extra support of the casts that Riley didn’t want to use his hands or wrists at all. The doctor gave Riley some wrist braces and advised he wear them regularly for two weeks and taper down after that. But a day or two later, Riley was already feeling more back-to-normal, taking the braces off when he was reading and sleeping and doing quiet things. He still can’t do everything (he has to wait another 5 weeks until he can weight bear or do live JiuJistu), but he’s doing wonderfully and moving on. Yay, Riley!
Tessa has nothing specific to report, but she has been working really hard on her drawing. She takes graphic novels she likes and copies the drawings in the books, and we are searching for a good drawing class to start this fall. Mom and Dad think that it’s great that she’s taken it upon herself to work hard and practice her drawing. We’re sure there’ll be great drawings that we’ll post pictures of very, very soon. Yay, Tessa!
Great Job, Pigs! Yay, Pigs!
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