What strikes me here is how different our kids’ (not just talking here about Sophie and Leo but the general DS kid, shoot, all kids, but specifically kids with DS) abilities are. It seems like they tend to have strengths in one (or a few) areas with these gaping holes in others. I know, not exactly a lightening bolt of info but something to keep in mind. Aren’t Sophie’s verbal skills amazing? And she’s doing great reading so that is something to celebrate too. And her creativity and imagination and sense of humor…and this is all just what I garner from your blog, so I can only imagine what she’s like in real life!

Finally, this post reminds me of one of my favorite passages from a book I recently read, it’s a belief I hold close, at times such as the one you describe. It’s from Vicki Forman’s “This Lovely Life” (about raising a medically fragile, disabled child). Our journeys differ from hers, but the sentiment is the same:

“It’s so difficult to love another person and yourself for what they are and not what they do or who they could be. To stay in this moment and know it in all its pleasure and its pain. The world is a beautiful place. How often do we say this aloud?”

We guys have a supper plan tomorrow night ( in minus10 degree wind chill weather). We’ll rip some more Praise & Worship CDs (Xmas presents; Glory be!) to his iPod.

And, hey, wow, for Sophie’s iPod Touch. A superb developmental tool. App city, here we come. I am considering getting him one of those.