Coffee Cake

Over spring break, I booked a lot of appointments while we were off school/work.  It was a daddy week, but I was taking the girls to their appointments each day.  Monday was two appointments for me and one for Philomena.  On Tuesday, I took both girls with me.  We picked up my mom in Waverly and drove to Fremont to see Grandma Olson and Uncle Jim.  

Wednesday, Philomena had an OT appointment in Lincoln.  Then we left to see Dr. Lopez at Boystown in Omaha.  Dr. Lopez diagnosed Philomena with Developmental Motor Dyspraxia.  Developmental means she's had this since birth.  Dyspraxia means that her muscles don't always do what she intends them to do.  She has to focus to make the left side of her body do something and even then it won't always do what she wants immediately.  After leaving Boystown, we ate lunch at Runza in Omaha.  Then we drove to the Lincoln Running Company to get her a new pair of athletic shoes before track starts.  She's been "dying" to try Crumbl Cookies which opened in Lincoln this week.  We stood in line about 20-25 minutes to buy 2 cookies.  The Cookies & Cream cookie was delicious.  The Butterscotch Cookie was too salty.  We both thought it was weird to sprinkle salt on top of the cookie.  Philomena really wanted some one-on-one time with me and to have a break from Maggie so she spent the night with me while Maggie stayed with Gene.  We hung out for the evening during which she looked at what she'd like to bake for the 4H County Fair.  She chose this Quick Danish Coffee Cake recipe from my dad's mom.  It turned out delicious!

Thursday, Philomena saw Dr. Bohl, the neurological ophthalmologist.  Dr. Bohl said that her eyes are now testing in the normal range for how her brain is processing what she sees.  She gave her a new prescription for glasses so I brought Philomena home so we could get on zenni.com to order new glasses.  On the way back to her dad's, I was teasing her about how expensive our 24 hours together had been with Runza, shoes, cookies, and glasses.  She started giggling and wondered if she could come up with anything else she needed me to buy her! We both were laughing when I dropped her off.