This morning as we were leaving, I said "bye Ellie" as I usually do, and the kids usually say it too then, and today Hanna went over and petted Ellie and gave her a kiss.

The kids were out splashing in the water yesterday and their boots got very wet. They're still not dry, so had to take their old boots to Sue's house.

Rhonda took John yesterday to a screening as part of the Anoka County's early childhood evaluation program. (Which is quite a service, Ward County doesn't have anything like this. This is quite a change, actually getting something for all our tax dollars)

They did some hearing things, some speech things, etc... but John was a bit of a behavior problem at times. Getting into things, etc... the person stacked some blocks and asked John if he could stack his, and he'd knock her blocks over...

We just don't know how we can get John to behave. This sort of thing seems to happen more when he goes somewhere, when he's some place unfamiliar. It's like he doesn't see any boundaries so zoom he just gets wild. I don't know if it's related to his being from an orphanage or what exactly.

As the next part of the evaluation, maybe they'd have some ideas on how to help him past that.

On the good side, his hearing seems to be acceptable, though it looks like both tubes are out now. He's doing good in some parts of speech (like r's) and still needs to develop in others.

On the growth charts, he's just barely at the bottom of the one curve for weight, and just off the bottom of the curve for height. (Maybe it's the other way around, I forget)