the calascione connection: the week before last.

just catching up with my blog here...

the week before last was crammed with things to do. there's no significant reason why our summer should be any busier than the rest of the year for us, since the kids aren't in school yet, but for some reason, that's how it's been!

on monday, russell saw an audiologist and ENT doctor to test his hearing. his hearing is fine, hallelujah! we were happy to eliminate the possibility of any hearing issues being related to his delay in speech. now that that's out of the way, we increased russell's speech therapy sessions from once every other week to once a week. he is definitely making progress, slowly but surely.

the movie theatre right by our house is showing free kids' movies once a week over the summer, so we are trying to make it there weekly. it's a little chaotic with the crowds but they usually open 3 theatre rooms for extra space. on this particular wednesday, the kids and i went to go see shrek the 3rd. what a funny movie! we all enjoyed it very much. later that day brittani and heather came over with the kiddos for a playdate. it was baby lauren's first time at our house! she is just adorable! (sorry, no pictures)

on thursday, my mother in law, eileen was having her carpets shampooed and we were having our area rugs cleaned too (for those of you who don't know, she lives across the street from us), so we decided to hang out together. we went to steak and shake for lunch and then ran some errands. here's a picture of natalie and her nana at the restaurant:

on friday, i was finally able to get together with an old friend of mine who was visiting from NC. her daughter is just a little bit older than natalie and they had fun dressing up and playing princesses together. here they are together: