A Week of "Biggies"

We have been having some wonderful "big moments" in our family this past week. The first- and for us most exciting- is that after 3 1/2 years of speech therapy, Occupational therapy, and development services Elijah has officially become "TYPICAL". It is a weird way to term him, but what it really means is he no longer needs any special classes or therapy. He falls into the normal ranges for development, strength, and speech... AND WE ARE SOOOO PROUD! I have always thought he was the greatest little boy ever, but seeing him beam as they told him he was "graduating" was incredible. He gets to start kindergarten with a clean slate and no labels- he's just Eli. We took him out to celebrate that night to a restaurant of his choice. He said he wanted the place with macaroni and cold corn AKA Soup Plantation. Too cute. Miss Emily, his most recent occupational therapist, threw him a little party to celebrate as well.

One last swing in the OT gym.

Our next biggies of the week were bike related. Sierra has moved up to a big-girl bike with training wheels and a little basket to carry her dolls and puppies with her. It was a super fun visit to Walmart to pick out her new purple bike... yes we were the family who let the kid ride the bike in the store.

Upon seeing Sierra ride a bike that looked so similar to his must have spurred Eli on to finally attempt riding his bike without the training wheels- I mean really, he can't look like her. She's a baby. So with a little help from his proud daddy, Eli is riding solo... no training wheels for him.

Just for the record, though, both kids have giant strawberries on their knees from wiping out this week... but who wants to blog that;) Way to go, Tafoya Kids!