Shaz by the Sea

Here's a little taste of our Saturday morning. We are prepping for Chrissy and Lindsey's going away party at 3pm today. I decided to make a carrot cake to bring over! The boys played great - they even played a lot with Cal. They are starting to include him so much more. He loves scooting around in his walker while Conor and Caden ride their bikes. Sometimes they play with him in his walker which he loves. He feels SO cool. :) Cal was the best little helper. ;)  I saw the recipe on facebook when one of my friends shared it. I thought - hey, I have all those ingredients...might as well give it a try! Link here - http://www.momontimeout.com/2012/08/to-die-for-carrot-cake-recipe/ . In addition to the usual flour, sugar, eggs, etc - it called for pineapple, coconut, carrots, and lots of nuts! I placed it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Ta-da! I only made one layer, but made sure to load it up with homemade frosting! I used cream chee

Nothing like an ear infection, croup, and conjunctivitis to kick off St. Patrick's Day weekend, right?? Caden had been complaining about his eyes hurting for about a week or so (bad mom just let it go). I didn't notice anything physically wrong with his eyes, but he would continually say "eye hurt". It broke my heart because as we all know, they don't say all that much (even though that is changing FAST! I will write more about their speech progress because I failed to mention how well they are talking in full sentences). Anyway, Caden was complaining about not feeling great - plus he was awake a little bit at night, not eating that much, and low grade fever for a few days. Since he didn't have any crazy physical ailments, I brought him to school on Friday. A little before noon, school called and said that his eyes were real bad. They were really gunky and oozy, and he needed to be picked up. I of course would never be able to pick up just one of them, so

The boys will be 3 in two months...wow. That means they age out of early intervention. When a child turns 3, they no longer qualify for (free) services through EI. That basically means it's on to the next round of evaluations and stages. We already began the process called "the transition out of EI" by having a few meetings with our speech language pathologist and a representative from Woburn Public Schools. We discussed the twins, their current situation, and the progress they each have made through their IFSPs. We talked about different options and the amount of services they receive each week (one day each of speech - one at school, and one at home - alternating). We talked about potential dates when the boys could come in and be evaluated for services and the consent forms were mailed to us. That's where we are at right now. All of this reminded me of going to group classes at EI over the fall and winter months - when I was on maternity leave with Cal. It feels