How to eat a cupcake

Wow!

Luke started singing the ABCs in the car, and Aaron joined in. It sounded pretty good, so I asked him to sing it again -- and he was great!! It was so clear, except for the "ema ema p" but then he hopped back in at q. I never would have believed he could do this a year ago!

Walking with Dinosaurs

We went to the Walking with Dinosaurs with the boys yesterday - they were delighted with the life size dinos. Rich and I both dozed off!

Yet another weird Aaron illness. He picks his nose and managed to get a bacterial infection in his nostril. More antibiotics for this goofy child.

Aaron's new OT report

Aaron's updated diagnosis - Sensory Integration disorder, with hypotonia and lack of coordination. This isn't a big change from his last assessment a year ago. I'm really glad we have him back in therapy....wish there was a quick fix, both for his sake and ours.

Sara (his new OT)wrote this summary: Aaron presents with deficits in the areas of fine motor skills, visual motor skills, self care skills, and sensory issues. Treatment techniques that will be used include therapeutic exercises to improve motor control, therapeutic activitis to increase motor planning, bilateral coordination, and fine motor skills, and neuromuscular reeducation through equine tri-planar movement.

Peabody Developmental Motor scales: grasping - poor, visual-motor - average

Sensory Profile Caregiver Questionnaire (lots of categories, only listing concerns):
touch processing - definite difference, oral sensory processing - probable, auditory processing - probable, modulation related to body position - probable, modulation of movement affecting activity - probable, modulation of senorty input affecting emotional responses - definite difference, emotional/social responses - definite difference, behavioral outcomes of sensory processing - probable

Ode to a Lego Starwars Ship

ARC-170 Starfighter
It is cool
Fun to play with
Concentrate to build it
Look at directions
Step by step

-Luke, for a writing homewok assignment

Greenhill Therapy

Aaron started occupational therapy again, but now he is going to a new therapist since he has aged out of First Steps. On the horse he rode facing forwards and backwards, played basketball, and worked on some fine motor movements using clothespins. Inside he used the bumpy slide and a really challenging swing. The photo with the crazy expression is from right after he pushed a big ball through a fabric tunnel. His therapist is also continuing to work on motions crossing the mid-line of the body, like making big X's on a chalkboard.