January 28

Sarah has been doing more food preparation on her own. Last weekend she fixed herself a hot dog and hot chocolate and frosted a cake pop for herself. She also single handedly carried her Cozy Coupe inside (that is the small plastic car that a kid can drive). Unfortunately, we have finally met the moment when Sarah cannot cram herself into the car. She was complaining that it hurt her knees. 

Tuesday night Carl had a work dinner to attend which meant he would get home after the girls had gone to bed. Normally this is fine. Tuesday night Sarah was so upset she was crying and screaming for an hour because she missed him. When I sent him a message she saw his name and switched from saying “I want Dad!” to “I want Carl W-!” and “Carl W- is the best man in the whole world."

Sarah had an MRI of her head on Wednesday. This was a follow-up regarding her seizure in December. She was sedated for the procedure so she had a super early appointment because she had to fast. The nights when she has to fast and not even have liquid after a certain time are not nights when I sleep particularly well. I’m so anxious that she will get up to get a drink that I sleep very lightly. The whole thing went smoothly, including the IV insertion and the waking up afterward. When we got home we both went to bed and slept for two hours. Then we did basically nothing for the rest of the day.

Swim lessons went beautifully. Amy is swimming. She needs more practice and confidence for her movements to become smoother, but she is swimming. Sarah jumped into the pool many times while holding the instructor’s hand.

Yesterday we had Sarah’s birthday party and it was wonderful. Anytime Sarah sees a school bus or city bus she says, “Can we make a bus just like that?” I always tell her she can use her imagination to do so. For her party I rented a party bus that was a converted school bus. It parked in front of our house for 3 hours. She absolutely loved it. Sc. did face painting and by the end of the party we had an Amy cat and a Sarah panda. Sarah wore her “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” shirt for the party, which was perfect for our own little bus-loving Pigeon. For a present, Carl got Sarah some glasses that have no prescription. She is always wanting to wear his glasses so now she has some of her own. She was delighted.