Today was another good day! Sarah struggled to get out of bed on time, but was up by 9 (maybe 8 is just being too ambitious?). She got up, ate breakfast (she started to watch tv again with breakfast, but I got her to turn off the tv shows and just listen to music on the tv), brushed her hair and teeth, but did not get to take her shower--we ran out of time. She was supposed to take it after we got home from my hair appt, but I totally forgot about it! I'll have to make sure she gets one in the morning! My hair appt was for 11am--we actually made it on time! We listened to Sarah's Taylor Swift CD in the car on the way there. Allison wanted to listen to Les Mis, so I made a deal with the girls--Taylor Swift on the way there, Les Mis on the way home! Oh, and so proud of Sarah--she even got her school stuff together on her own to take with her to the hair appt. and worked on some school while we were there!
Sarah did a great job while we were at my hair appt. We were there from 11-1:30 or so (after I got my hair done, Allison got her hair braided). She only asked one time if we were almost ready to leave, and at that point, we almost were ;)
After that, we went to Graziano's for lunch. We were trying to get there for their lunch buffet, but by the time we had found somewhere to park the car and walked into the restaurant, it was almost 2:00, and the buffet ended at 2:00. We all ended up ordering off the menu. Sarah wanted to get 2 slices of cheese pizza AND some breadsticks, but it would have cost more than I wanted to pay for lunch. Also, she just didn't need that much food. We worked another deal, though, and Sarah got to eat the roll that came with Allison's spaghetti. She was still hungry, and asked politely, so I went ahead and bought her another roll, which was still less expensive than ordering the breadsticks would have been. Sarah was in a good mood all through lunch, which was nice. At the end of our meal, I needed to go to the bathroom, so I left the girls sitting at the table by themselves. I was a bit hesitant, since there were 3 knives sitting on the table, but I felt like Sarah would be ok. The knives were not right in front of her, either. It's going to be a long time until I feel comfortable with her around knives.
Once we got home, I let Sarah watch one episode of Cake Boss. She then had to get ready for dance class. (Impressive--when we had gotten home from lunch, she had gotten her dance clothes out of her dance bag and brought them in the house). She only got frustrated for a little bit one time when Allison asked Sarah to get her dance bag for her (she wanted to see if she'd left her tights in Sarah's dance bag). I told Allison that Sarah couldn't get the dance bag for her, since she was getting ready to get dressed, and went out and checked the dance bag myself. No tights. Sigh. That's a whole other story!
We left for dance class a bit later than I wanted (Allison wasn't quite ready), but made it to class on time. Sarah had fun showing off my hair to people :) She did a great job during dance class and stayed in class the entire time, even during "split practice." She even practiced her splits! After class, she had a short rehearsal. At one point during either class or rehearsal, she was able to explain to someone what they were supposed to be doing when they got confused. Nice!
After class, we came back home. She had a cleaning/organizing job to do--put some books that were in a box, up on the book shelf. She was doing a great job with it, until Allison came in and saw that Sarah was "messing up her organization." Sarah got irritated and told Allison to just do the books herself and that she wasn't going to do them. I don't blame her for getting irritated. I understand that Allison had organized the books, but Sarah was just doing what she was told. No winners there. The books are still in the box--they'll get done later. Not worth the battle.
The girls then ate dinner together and watched tv together while they ate. Once they were done, Sarah went to bed and went to sleep. Teeth brushed? I doubt it...we're working on it, though!
Tomorrow, we go see Cherie for our follow-up therapy appt, after being in the hospital. It's hard to believe everything happened a week ago. Seems like so long ago, yet it also seems like it just happened yesterday. Alan texted me earlier today..."We have much to be thankful for...Thinking about the ground we have covered and progress we've made since this time last week :) " Yes, we truly do have a lot to be thankful for! We are truly blessed to still have both of our girls here with us! Praying that we continue to make progress and come to a complete healing. Here's to another good day tomorrow!
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