I cant even begin to tell you how much joy LINCOLN brings to our lives every day. He is such a caring and loving boy who makes us so proud!
From therapy appointments to grocery shopping, to doctor appointments, his manners are there to follow. When therapists come over he is always right at the door getting excited that someone is coming over, and when we go out to the grocery store, and he decides he wants to walk rather than sit in the cart, he is so polite to everyone we pass by; by saying "excuse me" followed by a "thank you"... so how could you NOT love him! I love the feeling I get of getting smiles on my face so big, that my nose tingles and my eyes start to water. I am so proud to be his mom, and so happy of the independent little man he is becoming. I recently put him in charge of points cards like airmiles or PC plus points. He gets to hand them to the cashier. He has a whole new love for the ladies behind the counter. He patiently waits in line, then when it is our turn, he so enthusiastically, says hi, followed by his 'down syndrome' lingo...blabbing on about anything and everything - I'm sure! He is starting to get better at throwing actual words into his blabbing. A pretty prime example: Last week, when dad was not home for dinner because he was working on his car - which has been giving him problems lately... when we prayed... Parker usually prays with the song "johnny apple seed" and Lincoln prays in his lingo followed by a clear amen. But this time, Lincoln threw in actual words, saying "daddy at work" and then lingo again. It was the cutest thing. Anyways, its cute to watch the cashiers chatting with Lincoln as he is handing the odd item for them to scan. Lincoln is always trying to do his best to impress people, and he is doing a pretty fine job at doing that!
From therapy appointments to grocery shopping, to doctor appointments, his manners are there to follow. When therapists come over he is always right at the door getting excited that someone is coming over, and when we go out to the grocery store, and he decides he wants to walk rather than sit in the cart, he is so polite to everyone we pass by; by saying "excuse me" followed by a "thank you"... so how could you NOT love him! I love the feeling I get of getting smiles on my face so big, that my nose tingles and my eyes start to water. I am so proud to be his mom, and so happy of the independent little man he is becoming. I recently put him in charge of points cards like airmiles or PC plus points. He gets to hand them to the cashier. He has a whole new love for the ladies behind the counter. He patiently waits in line, then when it is our turn, he so enthusiastically, says hi, followed by his 'down syndrome' lingo...blabbing on about anything and everything - I'm sure! He is starting to get better at throwing actual words into his blabbing. A pretty prime example: Last week, when dad was not home for dinner because he was working on his car - which has been giving him problems lately... when we prayed... Parker usually prays with the song "johnny apple seed" and Lincoln prays in his lingo followed by a clear amen. But this time, Lincoln threw in actual words, saying "daddy at work" and then lingo again. It was the cutest thing. Anyways, its cute to watch the cashiers chatting with Lincoln as he is handing the odd item for them to scan. Lincoln is always trying to do his best to impress people, and he is doing a pretty fine job at doing that!
We had his follow up appointment with his ENT - post all ear infections, and he passed his hearing test with 100%! Its the first time he has gotten 100%.... And, his language has taken off as a result! He will hopefully be getting 2 speech blocks in before school starts when he will be transferred to a different therapist.
Lincoln has started at his new nursery school at the YMCA, and is loving it so much! He was going 2 mornings a week for the month of Jan, and I was able to get him in for 4 mornings a week starting in Feb. I decided to send him more mornings a week because he really loves it!! His first day of drop off, he walked right in, found the books, and started reading, with a slight bye to Parker and i (Parker insisted on a hug, and got it however)... But i just loved the thought that Lincoln was comfortable there. Its only 2.5 hours a day, 9:15-11:45, so its not a very long time period. He gets so vocal when he walks in every day, by greeting everyone with a huge "HI", a couple hugs for mom and Parker, and off to playing with his friends. Everybody knows he is there. I love how much he loves life! It brings out the best in everybody around him, and he makes us all so proud! He has been wearing underwear to daycare also... potty training has also moved forward! Not saying he asks, or tells me when he has to go potty yet, but keeping consistent. He has yet to go at daycare, but he is pretty good at holding it. Hes been wearing underwear for probably 2 months now, with only 2 accidents! Now I use just 2 diapers a day. One for Parker and one for Lincoln at bed time. Lincoln is ALSO getting pretty good at dressing himself! He is capable of getting all his clothes off on his own, and he puts his own PJ's on every night! Hes almost got it mastered!! The encouragement we give him is really pushing Parker to be independent as well, so my job just got a WHOLE lot easier ;)
Lincoln has started at his new nursery school at the YMCA, and is loving it so much! He was going 2 mornings a week for the month of Jan, and I was able to get him in for 4 mornings a week starting in Feb. I decided to send him more mornings a week because he really loves it!! His first day of drop off, he walked right in, found the books, and started reading, with a slight bye to Parker and i (Parker insisted on a hug, and got it however)... But i just loved the thought that Lincoln was comfortable there. Its only 2.5 hours a day, 9:15-11:45, so its not a very long time period. He gets so vocal when he walks in every day, by greeting everyone with a huge "HI", a couple hugs for mom and Parker, and off to playing with his friends. Everybody knows he is there. I love how much he loves life! It brings out the best in everybody around him, and he makes us all so proud! He has been wearing underwear to daycare also... potty training has also moved forward! Not saying he asks, or tells me when he has to go potty yet, but keeping consistent. He has yet to go at daycare, but he is pretty good at holding it. Hes been wearing underwear for probably 2 months now, with only 2 accidents! Now I use just 2 diapers a day. One for Parker and one for Lincoln at bed time. Lincoln is ALSO getting pretty good at dressing himself! He is capable of getting all his clothes off on his own, and he puts his own PJ's on every night! Hes almost got it mastered!! The encouragement we give him is really pushing Parker to be independent as well, so my job just got a WHOLE lot easier ;)
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We will be registering Lincoln for kindergarten (SK) this week. This past weekend Mike and I attended a workshop to learn how to get the best out of education that we can - for Lincoln to reach his highest goals It was able to clarify anything we were un sure of. We want nothing but the best for him and we will do what ever it takes to get him there! So hard to believe its that time of year already!! Cause that means WINTER is almost over!!!!
Thanks so much for reading!!
