The Otte's

This week has been a wonderful down week!  

I would say we have slept in, but Isaiah is our early bird and the girls don't want to miss out on anything.  So we  are up and going, not quite as early as normal.

Quinn has been going to summer school and loving it.

We love her nurse, who holds her accountable and in turn she is working and enjoying the experience.

We have been working on riding bikes while she is at school.  

Isaiah has had it for a couple years, but Denali has struggled and really was disliking trying at all, so last year we took a break for awhile.  This year, we had some wipe outs and frustration and tears, but finally she has gotten it down!  So a bit more practice and she will feel super confident!  It's so good to see her successfully riding!

Great Job Denali!

 We continue with therapy sessions and I have to give a big thank you to our therapists!  They basically have two kids to do therapy with, as all three kids go to therapy and Isaiah has been reading like crazy, (I'm so thankful for the library, as he is going through a chapter book a day) so he is content reading most of the time.  Denali reads about 5 minutes into the 55 minute session and then she wants to help, and how can you say no to wanting to help.  So our therapists do a great job with their mini helper, who really does do a pretty good job helping out.

The excitement of therapy ends up pulling Isaiah away from his book and he has to get in on the action by the end of therapy as well!

Then another afternoon this week, Chrissy and Quinn put on their patient pants, and Isaiah and Denali started learning how to transfer Quinn out of her chair.  So they had to try out the lift and figure out correct ways to move Quinn around.  I love how my kids are so willing to help, and I don't have to worry about them wanting to do it or not, because they are so excited to be part of the adventure!  Oh I'm so thankful for that!

We have also started one of our art projects.

All three kids picked out new paints and fabrics to redo their desk chairs.

First up sanding and cleaning the chairs.

It's a lot more work then they thought it would be, but it will be so worth it.

 So this will be a summer long project with the way we are starting, but that's ok!  

We will work on them when we are not busy with summer fun!