Blogging Hallie and Lea's Life

I am unabashedly plagiarizing this idea (and my comment) from one of my favorite autism bloggers, Lisa Quinones Fontanes over at AutismWonde...

Last week, we decided to enroll Hallie in a martial arts class that meets a few blocks from where we live.  I had been passing by Zhang-sa...

We are so grateful that our girls (mostly) adore one another.  They are the age at this point where they play together regularly rather than...

Hallie had a relatively low key fifth birthday:  as she does most every Saturday, she spent the morning at hippotherapy in West Chester.  In...

Last night we ate dinner with our friends Uri, Shira, and Eran.  Eran goes to school with Hallie and Lea and is approximately halfway betwe...

We spent Memorial Day weekend hanging out with our friends Sheila, Brett, and Alex. First, we took in the school carnival.  Hallie and Ale...

I really enjoy having one-on-one time with each of the kids. This is something that really is only possible when I am done teaching for the...

Lea loves to do "magic" tricks.  Take a look for yourself; isn't she cute?

This was the picture that Hallie's ENT gave us after the surgery yesterday.  What you are looking at is a magnified image of her vocal f...

Hallie was a model patient and cooperated throughout even though she was pretty scared.  The worst part was recovery and getting her IV take...

Hallie and Sharon were off to CHOP bright and early this morning so that Hallie could be prepped and sedated for her latest round of vocal c...

The kids spend a lot of time on our couch.  They jump on the couch; they fall asleep on the couch (this used to be a prime napping zone and ...

This week, Hallie was discharged for the very first time by one of the specialists whom she sees at CHOP. When we got home from the NICU 4...

The good news is that Lea is a few weeks away from being 2.5 years old.  The bad news is that her moms, in their constant state of being...

Pink flowers (2 kinds, no less)?  Check Pink paper?  Check. Pink princess?  Check. Mommy returning home from three-days away on West Coas...