Mike and I feel quite blessed that it doesn't appear the girls are autistic. But we did go through a period of time where we were worried. They are both speech delayed and were developmentally delayed. Luckily where we are we have a great Early Intervention program that they are both still involved in. Speech Therapists and a Developmental Therapist come to our house to work with the girls, and they are in STEPS (early intervention) for 6 hours a week. Not only were we lucky to get them into the program, the state pays for most of it - it can be very expensive. All of this makes me very supportive of anything I can do to support Autism Speaks.
Anyway, my niece Nicole sent me this wonderful link - the band Five for Fighting donates money everytime this video is viewed.
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This morning in honor of Valentine's Day I decided to do something healthy for our hearts. I upgraded our morning oatmeal from instant to the steel cut (the whole grain, slow-cooking) kind. I had no idea what it would taste like or how much to make. The tin said to use 1 cup of oatmeal, but that didn't sound like much for the 3 of us (the girls can eat more oatmeal than me!), so I doubled it. Needless to say, I ended up with a whole big pot of oatmeal hopefully it reheats well the next day! The girls seemed to like it as much as the instant, but that may be due to the fact that I loaded it up with cinnamon and brown sugar, just to make sure!
