I am Job!

I started working two weeks ago! 

People have asked how it's going and I haven't had much time to report so here's the low-down.  

I'm not working at the Children's hospital for now. I may in the future but they don't have anything for me to do right now.  Since I got here though, a lady at church as encouraged me to check out her daughter's school.  I'm not a school speech therapist. I have never wanted to work in a school so I always thanked her and told her I "might" in the future.  Then one day, my Mom mentioned the school in passing and asked if I'd ever followed that tip.  My Mom and her impressions!

So I called the school and less than a week later I had a job!  I work two days a week. It's a really cool place. It's a small private school for special needs kids.  Some parents started a homeschool because they weren't happy with the services their kids were getting at school. It grew and now it's its own school.  There are less than 30 kids there and most have Down Syndrome or Autism.  They go to class during the day and the therapists pull them out for speech, PT and OT.  What I love is that it's the best of both worlds. It's a school but I'm not tied to an IEP or a school curriculum.  

My first day of work was rough so the next week at church everyone was so excited to hear how it went and I felt bad. I didn't have much to report.  But I loved the kids from the first day!  Now that I know my way around and am more comfortable, I'm really enjoying it!  

My Dad

I've always known my Dad was pretty amazing.  So forgive me for bragging. Click here.

What to make, what to sew!

I got some new, yummy fabrics this morning. Mom and I went with Teriney and descended on two stores with all our girls and found some lovely fabric. I've been drooling over this line for the past few weeks. In a few weeks, it will be some very cute Easter dresses for two cuter girls I know!

I'm going to mix and match the stripes and small flowers so the dresses "match" but are individual.  

Now, what to make???

This one?

or maybe this one?

this one's cute too!

Tobler Sunday Dinner

Last Sunday was a classic... Mom's Chicken Rolls! yum! I've made these for the Holman's and even their picky palates liked them.

3 cups chicken, cooked, shredded, keep the juices it cooked in for gravy

1 pkg. cream cheese

scallions, chopped

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 can mushrooms

salt and pepper to taste

2 cans crescent rolls

walnuts and pepperidge farm stuffing mix, chopped and ground

Mix cream cheese and butter til smooth. Stir in chicken, onions, and mushrooms and salt and pepper to taste.  Love my precise directions, don't you! 

Get some more butter, melt and put butter in one bowl and bread crumbs/stuffing mixed with nuts in another.  Stretch out one crescent roll, put a spoonful of chicken mix in and wrap it up! Dip in butter, roll it in the nuts/bread crumbs and bake them at 325 for 20 minutes.  Make gravy with your drippings and enjoy some warm, gooey yumminess!! We love it with Uncle Ben's Wild Rice.

poor little thing! ...is it bad that it made me giggle???

So, we are potty trained pretty much all day every day now.  During naps and bedtime she still wears a pullup though.  Except for some days when she absolutely insists on wearing panties for her nap.  Like this day...

She woke up with poop in her panties, obviously started to come and get me to help her, but didn't make it very far! She slept at the top of the stairs like this for an hour!!!

It's her 1/2 birthday!

Get this girl some bananas! (she can't have cake yet)

she weighs 16 pounds!

she has no teeth (thank heaven!)

she gobbles up food (my greatest blessing since i started work last week!)

she squeals and yells and giggles with her mommy all the time

the other half of the time she is very solemn

she's almost sitting up 

she's finally growing hair on her bald spot! :)

i love this girl!!!!

Feed me, Seymour!

We started feeding LG solid foods last week and she LOOOOOOVES it!

When her big sister started solids, it took her a while to get used to it and it was a snack here and there.  Not LG! She caught on right away, she eats three meals a day, and she growls at me if I don't shovel it in fast enough!!

Funny girl!