Morning Blog:

Today was the last day for enjoying the wonders of the pond (at least for a while.) Mixed with the thrills of pond visiting are many downfalls including a plethora of duck poop, the possibility of getting wet, and perhaps even full emersion. The worst possible case: Tony becomes so preoccupied with the ambition to play by the pond that he sneakily embarks on a solo trip! SCARY. I agree that we should avoid this problem. Perhaps there are some possible alternatives such as buckets, basins, kiddie pools . . . it is getting warmer. Marlaina, Whitney, Anton, and I will figure something wonderful out, I’m sure.

While Tony was still eating and watching a morning program I introduced him to some new toys: plastic renditions of a zebra, an elephant, a whale and a shark. He seemed to like them, especially the zebra. As usual, when he’d had enough of the high chair and the eating, he manded for ‘all done.’ Almost immediately he manded for ‘walk.’

We granted his wish after a short delay for shoe donning. I took Tony to the courtyard first, where I tried the stop/ go game unsuccessfully. The next place on Tony’s agenda: the pond. As I stated previously, this was his last pond indulgence for a long time to come. Hopefully he got his fill of stick, leaf, and rock throwing. Maybe when he’s older and it has been determined a safe pastime we can try skipping rocks or mussels.

Upon our return from the walk we were greeted with the arrival of the lovely Jill
(speech therapist.) Tony was thrilled to see her. They went into Tony’s room for a session and it sounded like they were having fun and getting lots accomplished. After they were done I tried working with Tony in his room. We played a little, but he was preoccupied with the fact that Jill was still here. He wanted to soak up every second he could get (which is good!)

Tony manded for ‘walk’ again, and since he had just worked so hard we gave him a break and some fresh air. – That’s all for the morning.