As I mentioned before, every year, while on vacation, the boys seem to hit new stages in development. I’ve also mentioned in the past that Matthew had been slow in his speech development and is very difficult to understand, at times. During this years vacation, it seems, Matthew has taken […]
As the dolphin boat made it’s way back to the dock this evening, the crew handed us a bunch of bread to feed the seagulls off the back of the boat. I decided to try to feed the birds by hand and held pieces of bread that the gulls came […]
As we got on the beach last night, I started to hear some high pitch noises. I frantically looked all around to find the dolphin that might be making that noise…it was would be way close to the shore if I was able to hear it, so I thought it […]
Officially, I have broken my pledge to post at least one blog entry a week. It took nearly half the year before I slipped, but I did none-the-less. So, I’ll make up for it over the next couple of weeks. June was a weird month, to say the least. From […]
Due to Matthew’s speech issues, I do my best to initiate conversations with him, trying to get him to use his words and learn how to communicate with others. I use to do this every night with Ben…I would tuck him in, read him a story and then talk about […]
The other day, I was driving in the car and both Benjamin and Matthew were quiet…there wasn’t a peep coming from either one of them. Then, all of a sudden, Matthew starts giggling, loudly. I looked back at Benjamin and he just gave me a silly face and shrugged his […]
Every year, without fail, the story gets told about how, when I was five or six, I asked for “fiwa engine wegos,” for Christmas and the inevitable meltdown on Christmas morning when I discovered that Santa had not brought me the little red fire station with two little fire trucks. I remember vividly, […]
The other day, I was trying to get the boys ready for school. Matthew kept procrastinating, even after I handed him all his clothes. I left for a few minutes and came back and he still wasn’t dressed. So, frustrated, I started to help him get dressed. When I went […]
I am sure some of you noticed that there are a lot more quotes from Benjamin than from Matthew, here. Of course, Benjamin’s age plays a role in this, not to mention the fact that he is rarely not talking. However, there are other reasons. Matthew was speech delayed and […]
We have a set of wooden, interconnected “roads”, similar to the Brio train tracks. Matthew loves them, but sometimes struggles to put them together. Benjamin loves his snacks (he is my son). Today, Matthew didn’t finish his snack and Ben asked if he could finish them. Matthew told him he […]
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