Events

The last few weeks have been so hectic that I have not been blogging as I should.

Funny how when you have so much to say, the time to say it is harder to find.

But there is lots of news with the kids.

Starting with the youngest:

Leópold turned three months, weighs over 20 pounds and is 70 centimeters long. Basically, a huge baby. He is rolling well enough and thinks he is talking up a storm. Still a charming little guy who hardly ever has a complaint.

Davíð wrote an essay about him for school, Leópold is a hero.

At Leó's check up the doctor had a speech about how we should remember that he is just a big baby and not take it personally when people look at him and think there is something wrong because he isn't walking...

Reminding us of a quote from Dr. Roseman (the pediatrician in Canada) 'Well, he is a little retarded for a 2 years old, but thats OK because he is only 6 months'. This was about Stefán, another big baby.

He (Leó) is also trying to eat everything now. Much more then my other two boys ever did. In fact he spends a good part of everyday trying to eat his own bib.

Stefán is doing great. He has a new girlfriend named Louvísa. He has assured me that she is a very good girl and is never in trouble at school.

He is still nearly attached to Einar, his bestest friend in the world. Making it nearly impossible to spend time with just him.

Today was parent teacher interviews and they went great. His teacher says his reading is great (but could be a tiny bit better), his math is amazing. He is also very very well behaved in class and always follows the rules. He is also very shy.

And besides the usual expected middle child attitude, he is very good for us too.

Kasper will take longer.

Last week we had the huge meeting about his assessment and the things that can be done to help.
The school, always on the defensive, insisted that he needed a lot of medication and that would fix everything.

He is starting new medication on Friday, but I do not think any pills can fix everything, but they might help, we will see.

Social workers were there to tell us about a few programs that will now be open to Kasper, including a support family and someone to help with his activities.

The occupational therapist was told off for not communicating more with the school.

The psychologist for Reykjanesbær gave everyone a lot of useful suggestions for everyone.

An application was put in to switch Kasper to a school for Autistic children, a great school but it is full right now, so we have to wait. Maybe someone will move...

At parent teacher interviews, everything was as expected, He is doing better all the time, always room for improvement.

All this with moving apartments and the rest of everyday life, clearly we are swamped. But what should we expect with three kids?