The term development can be defined as an event constituting a new stage in a changing situation. For us right now, the changing situation is the daily growth and evolution of Elliott, Ethan, and Henry and the things that they know and are capable of doing. Currently, a new stage of that ever-changing situation is the loss of the boys’ fabulous development therapist as she moves on to new opportunities and using her skills to help other children. By definition developmental therapists help children and families develop strategies to maximize physical and emotional development. What are not explained by that definition are the nuances of the best of the best development therapists – and we were blessed to have one of the very best. We’ve had the distinct pleasure of Miss Erin working with the boys, coming to the house every week. She brought her knowledge and skills as a developmental therapist to aid them in improving their cognitive, fine motor, speech, and physical abilities. But beyond that, she brought her heart. The boys were never a job to her; they were people with unique thoughts and feelings. Watching her interact with them I could see that she truly saw them as the individual human that they each are. While she worked with them she also truly played with them, laughing, being silly and genuinely enjoying her time with them. As for us moms, she became a trusted friend, someone we could confide in about the challenges of parenting triplets, someone who didn’t just see us as triplet moms, but as individual women with emotions and needs who did their best to be good mommas while maintaining some sense of who we are as people. She offered advice from the experience of a developmental therapist and as a mom herself and helped us maintain a little bit of sanity. Erin, thank you for sharing a little of you with us. The joy and light that you brought to our house will be treasured forever. We are all better people for knowing you and we will miss you!
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It's hard to believe that summer is coming to a close. It's back to the normal work schedule in about 10 days and fewer hours with my beauties. I love the academic life and the time it affords me to spend with my little loves.
It's been a fun summer! We've been to the zoo, the magic house, the splash pad, our friends' house to swim and so many other places to play. The boys rode a carousel for the first time. They learned about doing dishes. How to sit in the freezer to stay cool. We had picnics on the deck and did a lot of splashing in the pool. The boys also got their car seats turned around to forward facing. There are many more little things that happened, too many to capture here, and I don't always have my phone to take pictures because I'm living the moments with these amazing little humans. |
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