Today for breakfast we had pancakes, and this morning I ate 4 of them. Now you might be thinking 4 pancakes is not that big a deal Ben, but Leonard makes them really thick! Why did I eat 4 pancakes? Well the first two that I ate really hit the spot and they were so good...and then I was full the rest of the day!
During our morning sessions I joined Dixie's language group at Haven 2 and worked with Leah! After the first session was over, I left Haven 2 and spent time in Haven 1 working with Nichole. Since Nichole is usually busy in the afternoon with other language groups, I decided that my only chance to work with her would be during this time of day. There is concern that Nichole may be on the spectrum. She hits her head frequently with her hand. This habit has been on the decline since we have been here, but Dr. Tullos has been keeping his eye on her. I think she is fun to work with, so I like to pick her up when I can. Eventually it was time for me to put Nichole down and move onto Haven 3 to work with the older boys language group. Today we took them outside to play. They all did really well outside, they were well behaved, and very little fussing. We were all very impressed with Joel. He sometimes is a mess during the sessions, but today he remained calm throughout the session. One of the boys, Adam, is very large baby. While we were out there, I think he put his mouth on just about everything in reach. That boy is so funny. We decided to put him on the teeter-totter and he loved it! We of course had to put two other kids on the other end, and a small kid on his side to even out the weight!
For lunch today we had Leonard's famous fried chicken and mashed potatoes! I was most excited about the gravy that goes with the potatoes. Unfortunately I had 4 pancakes that morning, so I wasn't very hungry, but I did put gravy all over my little piece of chicken and mashed potatoes. It was delicious. For dessert Sue made some strawberry yogurt pie. It was a great lunch! The group loved it.
During the afternoon I worked with some of the little babies in Haven 1. I found Joy in her bed crying with a full bottle of formula, so I fed her until she fell asleep, and then I picked up Olivia, and held her until she fell asleep, and then it was time for Haven 2 again! Today I hung out with Jessie most of the time. Jessie is the younger sister of Curt. Eventually it was snack time, and Curt decided to join me and Jessie in my lap, and then it was a sibling rivalry for the space in my lap...what a mess.
For dinner tonight, I still wasn't hungry. After dinner we played soccer again and made a new friend with one of the college students here named Weston. He played keeper for us the whole time. I think he mainly just wanted to watch the goofy Americans play soccer.
When we got back to the house the power was off, so a group of us played nertz. This time I was defeated by Kara...Nertz was fun tonight, all of us were in a singing mood so we would make up silly songs or sing church songs while playing.
Tonight everyone was tired so most of the group went to bed early tonight. (9:15ish) As I am sitting here writing this I hear what I think to be a very large rat in the ceiling... I threw a roll of tape at the ceiling in hopes to scare the rat from making further scratching noises however this was unsuccessful. He stopped for about 5 seconds and then continued to be annoying.
Thanks for all your prayers and support! Pray for Dixie, for most of the day today she was ill, please pray that her health improves.
Ben
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