Looking at my month you can see it is very full of evaluations for Acroboy, and Doctors appointments for the kids and myself. We had the usual orthodontist visits, immunization visits for Acroboy, and a visit for Princess Ballerina to the dermatologist to look at the birthmark on her forehead. I also had my checkup for the baby and things still look good.
It turns out the birthmark on Princess Ballerina’s forehead is a very light Port Wine stain. It will not fade anymore than it has. We were told we could take her to a pediatric dermatologist and have it removed with a laser treatment if we wanted. We could also do it when she is older. DH and I talked about it, and we think if it becomes a self-esteem issue later on we’ll do it, but for now we’ll let things be.
I did find a way to bring up her birthmark to Princess Ballerina and speak with her about how she feels about it. She said, “If I didn’t have my birthmark, I wouldn’t look like me.”
You rock girl, you rock.
Acroboy has had speech evaluations and a psychologist observe him at music time. She observed for about 15- 20 minutes. After spending several hours at our evaluations at our favorite autism medical center, and even with the speech therapist, let’s just say I’m skeptical about how full a picture she got of Acroboy after just 20 minutes doing something he generally likes.
Our Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet is coming up, and it will be my last one for a while. Last month was our last Pinewood Derby until Acroboy turns eight and joins cub scouts.
Lastly, in a couple of weeks I get to join DH at a conference in Orlando. I have a good friend who lives in the area, and the plan is to hang out with her during the day while DH is in his meetings. It will be a last getaway before this baby gets here. I’m looking forward to it. We may even hit up Disney. Disney World without kids? I haven’t done that in ages. If we go, I think I’ll see all those shows my kids have no patience to sit through (like Beauty and the Beast).
My friend’s grown daughter is coming with her husband (for one night) and their little girl to stay with my kids (the rest of the time).
I’m looking forward to a brief, but welcome break.