Mmmm, Chili

We've had fun these past few days. Except that it was pouring down rain when we went to vote. Speaking of voting, I would like to point out how nice I am -- about a month ago, I found, printed out, helped fill out, and then ran the form to the post office, getting it there 20 minutes before the deadline, all so Blake could be registered to vote FOR ANOTHER CANDIDATE! Oh well, a little healthy political discussion in a household is a good thing. James really liked his sticker, even though he didn't get to vote. If he had voted, it would have been for Obama, because when we showed him the pictures in Newsweek and told him the names, that's the one he likes to say.

The OT came to evaluate James because of his drooling, and it turns out that it does need intervention. He doesn't qualify for therapy, but she gave us lots of great ideas of what to do, as well as the important information that it would take a lot of work for 6-9 months. So we know not to get frustrated in a week. We had heard and read that it is good to have him drink through a straw. But, none of that information said that it should be THICK liquids through a SHORT straw. Once I had him do that, you could see the muscles working. And he likes the new drinks better, because they are sweet.

Today we went to a place with inflatable things for kids to play in. We went with playgroup, and had a lot of fun. Then, we picked up Blake and went to his work's chili cook-off. There were 11 entries, and most were pretty good. In addition to prizes for the best chili, there was a prize for best costume. I voted for the guy who had Tums, Beano, Pepto Bismol, etc in his apron and went around offering them to everyone.

Tomorrow we are checking out another potential wedding site. Hopefully the first weekend in March we will check out the final 2, then make a decision!

And, for any of you reading this who use Blogger, any ideas on why Blogger keeps taking away the spaces between my paragraphs?