Playing Catch Up

We will play shortish catch up!

Well we started ABA again about six months ago. God led us straight to his new therapist! She has been wonderful for us. Not sure how well school would be going without her. We are starting to work on his play skills and have been working on his communication improving. He is doing really well :)

Speaking of school . . . Robbie started kindergarten! We are homeschooling just like we always wanted to. So far it is going well and it’s fun to watch him enjoy learning. When I get a few pics of the school room and have a bit more time I will do a post just on this with more info.

Henry has been listening in on Robbie’s school and is picking up letters and numbers easily. He now enjoys copying letters I have written in sidewalk chalk and does a really good job of it. He also signs “H” for his name on most everything! Another surprise from Henry is that out of the blue he started drawing pictures. Big head people, the sun, odd things I don’t know what they are. It’s adorable.

Robbie is loosing teeth! He lost his third one today :) He does great with it and brings them to us when they fall out. Today I traded him a quarter for it. He liked that and promptly put it in his monkey bank.

We have been spending more and more time playing outside. Robbie is getting more adventurous as he wants to keep up with Henry, and that boy has no bounds! The other day at a new to us playground with stuff R typically won’t play on he tried climbing up several times but only made it about half way before coming down. Henry was up top pretty quick. After awhile Robbie got mad about something and scaled straight up to the top! After that he was up and down like it was second nature. I was quite surprised by how at ease both of them were so high up with no railing or wall of any kind. Henry loved the new version of the merry-go-round :)

This is Henry having his first every very own hot cocoa. He usually gets a few sips of mine but not much due to his dairy intolerance. Starbucks carries coconut milk now! He was pleased as punch and sat so quiet and happy in the cart the whole trip. I could get used to that!

Last on the list but not least. Robbie started baseball today! He is in the Challenger Little League (special needs league). We weren’t sure if he would actually play or not. It’s a bunch of standing around after all and he doesn’t like being restricted from running around. He LOVED it! Once they got a bit more firm with him and quit letting him run around he did pretty well. The coaches and buddies are wonderful with all the kids and did a great job. As we left he saw other kids playing ball and said “I want play baseball!” LOL he was soaked in sweat and had looked like he was going to pass out (according to Chet) from overheating but he had soooo much fun. We will be bringing more water next week, putting shorts on him, and they won’t let him run for twenty minutes during warm up so that should help.

He had fans ;)

All in all, a lot going and so much fun. Still doing OT and we have an appointment with the feeding center next week. Hopefully I will do the school post next week. Thanks for making it this far and keep the prayers up :)