Gardening

Gardening is not my thing...I have a black thumb and really don't know what I am doing. But I try. CJ is loving gardening - mostly digging in the dirt. Last weekend we were cleaning up the yard and CJ sat and dug in the "garden" for an hour. Quiet, thinking, and working hard...it is a good activity for him. So the next nice day we have (sounds like it won't be until next weekend), we are giving CJ some seeds to plant and tend to. Maybe his thumb is green.

Monster Trucks

It's the Mighty, Might Monster Trucks! CS took CJ to a Monster Jam show on Sunday. We were worried about the noise and the crowds, but he had the time of his life! Thanks to Uncle R we bought some earmuffs (headphones...whatever you call them) from the hunting section of a store. They brought much reasssurance to CJ. He had such a good time that he didn't want to eat "junk". Now that is amazing. He now has a new favorite truck - Blue Thunder. So we have been searching high and low for this truck over the past few days - luckily we finally found it today.

Here is some of the fun:

Imagine

The town that I work in has now been without power for four days. All of the food in the cafeterias of the schools has gone bad and needed to be thrown out. Streets are still blocked, and you have to drive out of the way to get anywhere. The police have issued statements for residents to stay inside, and not travel on the roads as there are still many power lines down. It is unbelievable. We have not been in school this week, and will not be in tomorrow - day 3. Luckily, power is the only thing they are missing - there has not been one injury or death reported in that town. It still must be hard for them - I hope things return to "normal" soon.

Bouncing Around

We tried something new last night...Bounce U. One night a week is reserved for children with autism so we thought we would give it a try. It is a pretty cool place, lots of things to jump on or slide down. A good way to exhaust some energy. CJ loved it, reluctant at first but then really started to enjoy himself. I was a little disappointed that the people "in charge" were 6 teenagers who often would not be paying attention to the children, but each other. The class is termed "sensory" - other than running around and getting tired I don't see what it had to do with sensory. But...we will go back maybe every other week because it is good for us to get out of the house., and CJ was happy. However, I will stay and keep my watchful eye on CJ (and the other children whose parents just drop them off).

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! We have spent the day in my classroom reading many Dr. Seuss books and doing activities centered around him. Spend some extra time reading today in honor of Dr. Seuss.