Sickies, sickies...a house of sickies. The week was all about being sick! Safi was sick, as you'll recall...then I got it. Boy howdy, did I get it. Safi didn't get a runny nose but I was an ooey mess.

We got to go to the doctor, and dad got to go with us. It was a really big deal because he hasn't been to the doctor with us since we've been doing so amazing there. Last time dad went we both had nuclears and had to be restrained, carried out, etc. He was so proud to see us walk in with a smile, hop on the scale, get measured, and do everything our doctor needed us to do...no screaming, a few tears from me, but pretty great. Safi got some antibiotics for a possible ear infection and we both got stickers and lollipops again! We LOVE the doctor.

I missed school on both days and Safi missed two days, too. She was super bummed because she loves school so much, but she handled the disappointment pretty well and was able to get some much needed rest.

Nana Cummings came up mid week and got stuck with two crabby grandkids. She didn't seem to mind, even though we were pretty rough on her. Heather came the second day she was here and facilitated some play with us all and that was cool. Each day got a hair better than the one before and by the time we were feeling better about the whole thing, she had to go. We just have a really hard time with changes and company in our house, no matter how much we love the company, is a huge change. So, we get a little more withdrawn, a little more rigid, a little more controlling, and little more anxious. Safi did get to have a great time showing Nana what she can do on mom's iphone and I got to play hide and seek behind the slide on our swing set with her...that was really fun. We also got to take her to Burger King! She brought us some neat goodies...Safi is in love with a Toy Story 2 book Nana brought, so much so she's been sleeping with it! So, in general an ok visit...I'm just in a funky place right now, have been for some weeks now and we all know that puts Safi in a funky space too...so, the visit went as well as it was gonna..sick or not.

Nana also got to go with us to Safi's school Halloween carnival on Friday. Oy vey! What a mess! Great idea in theory, but without any degree of structure it just wasn't very fun at all. I had the most fun in the beginning when all the kids left the classroom to hit the carnival and I stayed inside by myself (with Nana close by) and got to play with all of the stuff I've always wanted to play with! I also liked getting funky with the musical chairs! It was just too loud, too chaotic, too much. Safi seemed to enjoy the beginning. Remember how mom asked last week if the kids could have a little structure? Well, it did happen. Mom had to just yell, "Line up"...and the aid, teacher Joanne, helped get everyone semi organized. Teacher Mel didn't coordinate with any of the other teachers so when the costume parade started she just began plugging her kids into the the line as it went by...so they weren't all together. Mom saw Safi and a couple of other kids panic and asked Joanne to hold their hands...which she was delighted to do. It was just nuts and it ended with us both in tears. I will say this much, we LOVED showing off our costumes and we got lollipops...and you know how we feel about lollipops. So, chalking that up to another life experience.

Mom went to my transition planning meeting and went fine. Her and dad will be touring Maple Special Services Preschool for me next year, because I'm just not gonna do with at Lincoln with the lack of structure. Other than that, nothing too exciting. I'll get to go to a speech group one day a week before I go to actual class...that's kind of cool.

We're super pumped for Halloween. Can't wait to wear our costumes all day and mom has some funthings planned for us. Should be spooktacular! :)

So, that was the week in a disjointed nutshell!

Peace
Nixi

Halloween carnival.......note me feeling the groove with the musical chairs!


Nothing like a quiet Sunday morning...playing with pots!