Brody had an exciting first St. Patrick's Day. We started with church, then met the Massey family for lunch at Cafe Lou Lou (the shrimp and grits are soooo good). Brody is such a big boy now. He can sit up pretty well in the high chairs although he usually starts to get tired and slumps over half way through the meal. He got to eat some veggies and one of his new favorites, hummus!
We went over to Grandma and Papa Brown's for some family time afterward. Grandma and Aunt Sara had bought Brody some St. Patrick's Day attire to try on (and the dogs too)! Brody wasn't really sure what to think about it.
We left their house to go to the Visionally Impaired Preschool Services (VIPS) building for a St. Patrick's Day Chili Cook Off. VIPS's facility is amazing! We were so impressed! When you first walk in they have a little Kids Town set up. There is a Chase Bank, grocery store, The Bakery kitchen, KFC, Highlands Dry Cleaners, UPS store, library and loft/apartment area. I think Jordan and I would have been entertained for days and we aren't the ones it's designed for! Every little building is a different texture. Everything inside is kid friendly and realistic. There is green carpet to represent grass and blue carpet to represent the water. Connecting those is a "road" for the kids to ride their bikes around. They also have rubber to stop the kids who have greater vision problems and can't see the road so that they can still ride their bikes around too. Mary, who is Brody's vision therapist, showed us around the classrooms. We saw three classrooms, a music therapy room, Braille room, sensory room, gym, and some of the offices. Brody loved the sensory room. It had lights everywhere! Even their ball pit had a light in the bottom with clear balls. Way too cool! Everything in the school is designed with the students in mind. Awesome! Brody will start this Friday at a play group. He met one friend today. She is the same age as him and apparently Brody is already in love. He just stared and stared at her (usually he isn't that interested in other babies).
Don't forget to take a look at our walk coming up. If you would like to, you can donate towards The Brody Monsters. Or you can join us in Dayton and walk with Brody! http://hlaa.convio.net/site/TR/Teamraiser/DaytonCincinnatiWalk?px=1587276&pg=personal&fr_id=2060
Also, if you are in the Louisville area, there is a great consignment sale coming up this week. Everything there is very clean and in good shape (they won't take it if it isn't). It is also very reasonable on the pricing. See the flyer below! And no they didn't pay me to advertise, it is just one of the better ones in town. :)
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