So Very Proud

Wes and I always hear about the free developmental screenings offered through the Children's Resource Center. They say it is a good idea to do one before a child turns two. They test all sorts of skills, their hearing, their vision and other aspects of their development. Well we decided that since we don't have Kassi around many other little kids and we aren't around very many others that are her age to "compare" where she is at that it would be good to schedule one of these. So on Thursday night they came to our home and tested Kassi on a multitude of things, her imagination, cognitive skills, attention span, physical abilities, fine motor skills, hearing and many others. They were at our house for right at an hour. I was not sure that she would stay interested for very long and was really curious to see how she would react to three complete strangers asking her questions and telling her to do things. She did so great! Through the screening they kept saying "wow she is really smart. "


They called back today with all of the results, but the vision which will be reviewed by the University of Wyoming and the results mailed to us. As for the other results they said there are three levels that children score, I don't remember exactly what each of the levels was called, but Kassi scored the highest she could in every single thing!!!! We are so very proud of her. They said it was real joy to this screening because she did so well and actually completed everything and completed it correctly. Apparently not many kids make it through everything. Wes watched all of the things they did as I filled out paperwork and he said that at one point one of the ladies doing the testing said that there are 3 and 4 year olds that cannot complete the one test that she just flew through.


We also discussed what interaction she does have with children her own age, and I did tell them that it is very minimal. It was suggested that grandma start taking her to a toddler time at the library. I said that she had taken her in the past and it did not go very well. Kassi was very outgoing and social and trying to share and get the other kids to play with her and they all just backed away from her and wouldn't really play with her. After discussing this they said that they could see that happening since she is big for her age and a little further ahead than some children her age, so they suggested that we look more at taking her to groups for children ages 3-5 instead of toddler groups.


We are so very proud of our beautiful Kassi Ann. It makes a parent feel really good to know we are doing something right! I also know that we owe a lot to Grandma (LuAnn) for everything she does with Kassi during the day and of course some of it I'm sure is genetic so we have Kassi's birth mother to thank as well. Of course we thank her everyday for the decision she made the wonderful gift that she gave us, the gift of a beautiful baby girl and the chance to be parents!!