Feeling better!

I got sick over the past week or so. I lost my voice and my nose was like a faucet. My daughter was on fall break, too, so it was kind of hard getting any rest.

But I feel a lot better today. Still have some sniffles, but doing better.

I tried tie-dying some stuff and it turned out OK. I wanted to learn to dye since my daughter is constantly ruining her clothes by getting paint and markers on them. Sometimes, I can get the paint out, sometimes I can't. I figured, that if I could dye over the paint and hide it, then her clothes would still be good for school. :)

It's cheaper to buy some RIT dye than to buy a new wardrobe. LOL

Rei is talking much more! It's in a sort of stereotypical way, in the sense of autistic kids... she has a set of phrases that she uses to communicate. She says, "I want ____" or "I need ____." She can also say, "I can't." or "Not right now." She has conversations with me and other people with more garbled words. A few I catch now and again. It's interesting how she thinks about things--I think the way she uses language is a clue to how she thinks about things. In some ways, she is a very rigid person: certain things should be done certain ways. In other ways, she is flexible and creative.

She loves to dance and we rented the movie: Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses. It's a good movie for kids. I am actually a big fan of the Barbie movies. They all show women in a good way. Barbie's characters are strong, determined and in some movies, rescue the prince! She uses her brain a lot in the movies. And of course she dances a lot. The dancing is based on real ballet, though, and I'd like to have Rei take lessons. I think she might be ready for it.