Siblings may have their challenges, but one thing is for sure, Adam is loved by both his older siblings. 

The last time the Salzwedels and the Drennans hung out was at Eli’s 3rd birthday and since then quite a few things have happened, with the largest of those being the births of Adam and Peter. Today, after far too long a wait, we all got to meet each other, and what a glorious day it was hanging out and enjoying each others’ company. 

Adam was looking for a hug on the way out 

Adam has taken on the role of official fish feeder. He loves to drop the pellets in, one at a time, really slowly, while watching the hungry fish wiggle around in anticipation as they wait for one to reach them. Eventually he does throw the rest of the food in, and the fishies are happy. After that he starts taking water out of the pond with the fish food cup and goes to water the garden…. 

Addy likes to put his arm through things like he is putting a handbag over his shoulder, look back, wave and say, “‘ye!” (as in bye!) The thing is, he uses just about anything, handbags, shoes, even lawnmowers…. 

Donné put together some OT tasks for Eli so that he can work on his numbers and finding the right word for each number. The one he really got into was threading a number – check the concentration! 

Addy was watching….. 

Getting to the doctors rooms requires walking through their large garden, going to look at the balls in the garden and getting some doggie love. 

Adam was just going for a follow up appointment to check if his ear had cleared out. What has happened since last week is that the grommets have fallen out, so we’re hoping he has matured enough that his ears aren’t an issue. Time will tell… 

The one wants to watch TV, the other looks like he wants to spend some time reading about food. Regardless, it is still good to be together. 

We spent a lovely afternoon visiting with the MacRoberts and the van der Zee’s, and while we ate and chatted, and chatted and ate, a pop up construction site developed and wall building was the flavour of the day. 

Plastering time

Bolstered for support 

“Concrete” mixing for his own little wall

We have a lift club with our neighbour (which is wonderful – a little less running around), so Bailey gets a lift with us. 

Here is a peek at an average lift home… 

Addy has been enjoying reading time more. He likes to find books and take some time to page through them. He always seems to be looking for a dog in them. 

Eli’s also been going through a change with his reading, moving more to longer story books instead of shorter picture books. 

And Grace, she just reads like a demon, happy to devour whatever she can get her hands on, especially if it is about unicorns or fairies.