This picture was taken the last ten minutes of class on Friday afternoon. Parker played so hard the weekend couldn't wait ten more minutes. 

Shift, Lift, Step. Walking across the room.

First week of school... Huge CHECK mark for complete! Dancing in place and a big air fist bump for Team Shumway! Tuesday was Parker's first day back at school at Conductive Learning Center(CLC). CLC is the same program we attended in December, but this series will be four weeks instead of three. For Parker this week was a great jump start to waking up those neurons and diving into  the familiarity she has come to know and love in the music, and activities at CLC. The theme for this session is, "my very busy body." A line from one of the songs we sing says, "I have a very busy body, a very busy body, that goes everywhere with me...." Parker couldn't be more ready and thrilled with the theme choice. She loves finding her nose, using her hands to play peek-a-boo, and mom kissing and tickling her toes. Her modivation for calculated body  movement and drive to explore the world around her is like a drug to me that keeps me coming back for more pushing me  to do all  I can in her behalf. On top of that,  her joyful countenance and infectious smile sure makes ugly and stressful days, or anything for that matter, worth it. We are still implementing use of the potty from last session and seeing success there about once a day or every other day. She is a potty girl, She is so proud when she knows she's got the job done. Haha. The CLC director mentioned Wednesday that she could tell Parker has been playing hard since last session and she is making fantastic progress. She even went far enough to jokingly say with all of Parker's now obvious jibber jabber that she didn't have last session,  she is a regular trouble maker with all the talking and verbalizing during class. This is a happy time of life with Parker. The Lord has blessed us to have found a  routine that works for us  and embrace the  new normal we call ours. We are fortunate and blessed for the sweet association and support we feel from family and friends.

-The Vrouw