February 13, 2012

Outside Temp: 35 F (we had a 10 minute snow storm around 9am this morning, then clear and almost warm the rest of the day!)

What I cooked today:
Chicken Soup: A great way to feed the family (quickly) for (almost) free.  I had my chicken stock from a few weeks ago, along with the chicken breasts (from that chicken).  I sauteed up some onions, celery and carrots, then tossed in the stock.  I took a chicken breast from the freezer, cooked it up and threw it into the pot.  We still had a half a box of pasta stars, so that went in.  And voila, we had a really healthy, delicious dinner.  Woo Hoo!

Update:
Ryan had speech, and occupational therapy this morning.  I need to remember, when we go skiing on Sundays, that Mondays are just going to suck.  Ryan was tired as well, so we were quite the pair, trying to stay awake during class time. 

His occupational therapist was quite impressed at his ability, and thinks that he's doing great.  She'll keep an eye on him, and continue to suggest things that will help.  Right now, we just need to work on his fine motor control, such as trying to write his letters.  His speech is also coming along.  He's been working on 'F', which he really struggles with. The interesting thing is that when a new word is introduced, he can make the 'F' sound just fine.  It's the words he's already learned incorrectly that he really struggles with.  He said 'Firefly' just fine today, but he couldn't say 'Phineas and Ferb'. 

The best part was the end of the day, after he'd been borderline awful with getting his work done.  We went outside to the playground, where some of the other kids were already playing.  One of the boys looked over at us and yelled, "Hey!  It's Ryan!" and came running up to play with him.  They played 'Zombies', which I figured out was a form of tag, and Ryan was in the middle of the kids, playing along.  I almost cried, it was so stinking awesome.  Of course, then I got tagged, and became a zombie and had to chase after the other kids.  After all, zombie's don't cry.

This evening, we had our Adult Faith Class, which was great, as usual.  A lot of the people who are normally there, were gone since it's now calving season.  Which means, we finished up the video early.  Which, then in turn, meant that Patrick and Grandpa could start discussing politics and economics.  The other members graciously allowed them to discuss for about 30 minutes, before Grandma and I could get the menfolk to head out the door.  I laughed, since I've warned Patrick about discussing his radical economic views in the community too early.  Oh well, they're going to figure it out soon enough!