Today was the first day of the new earlier arrival time, 9:30. Of course Tony was already up and running around. We watched “Jo-Jo” and “The Wiggles” while he ate some food. Tony really loves those wiggles! We went in his room and played a little. He manded for ‘color’ and ‘crayons.’ I grabbed two boxes of crayons and asked which one he wanted. He got antsy and said “no.” He pointed to the windowsill where a tin of crayons was resting. I gave him the tin and he was happy. I also got him a big coloring book to color in.

At around 11:28 I took Tony into the bathroom and disrobed him from the waist down. I sat on the big potty and he sat on the little potty. I had to put him back on it because he got up pretty quick. When he’d sat down on it for a few seconds, I cheered and patted his head. Then I put a new diaper on him and held his shorts out so he could step in.

We got in a few intraverbals while he was coloring. I at least went over them to get him acquainted with the new ones. When he was ready for a break, we went for a car ride with Marlaina. We went to K-Mart and Tony had fun riding in the cart. If I doddled behind, he would ask his Mom (an approximation of) ‘where’s Parker?’ It was so cute!

Apparently Tony was not ready to be back at the house yet, so we ended up going for a walk. It was a lovely walk. We went down the sidewalk to the left and into the courtyard. A new hammock is up and Tony is quite fond of the green plastic covered chains hanging from each side. At first he said ‘no’ when I asked if he wanted to swing, but when I got in the hammock he wanted ‘up.’ He brought cup and turtle with him.

When we got back we went into his room, but he was crying and screaming and didn’t stop long enough to try to communicate what it could possibly be that he wanted. Marlaina brought him some chips and he was happy. He played with legos and we did some tacts and receptives. He wanted to open the door and I tried to redirect. He started crying and screaming and Marlaina took him to bed.