Life has been pretty busy here, so I've just let things go here for a while. Sorry!
Last time I posted was in October. Lots of things happened then, and now we have some updates on a few of those things. Lydia's broken foot has healed up nicely, but she will always have issues with it because it IS an extra bone that was broken. We were able to replace Nathaniel's infant seat with a Cosco APT40 a week after the crash, and then when we got our tax refund we purchased a Graco Defender for both boys to share in Scott's car. No more moving car seats around! YAY!
As for enrollment in Quaker Digital Academy. Yes, we did it. Melissa started school with them in December, and her sisters all in November. It took Melissa longer to enroll because we had to transfer an IEP for her. We had initially chosen the online curriculum options for them all (Odysseyware for the 3 oldest and Little Lincoln for Jordan) and it is going well. We have discovered that we don't care for the online curriculum, so the non-IEP kids will be switching to the Calvert option as soon as they finish their current grade materials. I won't be able to switch Melissa because school policy requires online curriculum for IEP students so they can keep closer tabs on them. She's doing well with it though, so it won't be much of an issue.
Today we actually finished up the last day of standardized testing for QDA in fact, which is about the only real issue I have with the school. They did PARCC testing, and Kim had to do the 3rd grade reading OAA as well because of the 3rd grade reading guarantee. The only test that actually matters on moving to the next grade is the reading OAA, Kim has to pass it to go to 4th grade. Thankfully, the PARCC testing and the diagnostics that the girls did don't count this year thanks to a law that twit Governor Kasich passed. One of the few really good things he's done. (ok enough political talk, this blog is not for political talk)
Other things.....
Nathaniel is a year old as of yesterday. Lydia got a clarinet over the weekend, and this Saturday is her first private lesson. My old flute is in the repair shop to be fixed up for Melissa to play, once it is back I'll be doing her lessons myself again. In February we got a Yorkie puppy and named him Spike. I spent a day in the ER back in January hooked to heart monitors, and after over $4000 of testing (yes that is after insurance OUCH!) we have determined that I have COPD. Yup, lots of things have happened here. I'll have pictures later, as we are getting ready to go get lunch to celebrate the end of testing.
