Mands: 18

What a lovely, sunny day! Just kidding. Today was rainy and gray, very yucky. The awful weather had an ill effect: Tony’s mood could go from happy-go-lucky to quite frustrated in a heartbeat. In the morning we tried some new messless fingerpaints – they were a hit. We also colored and played with play dough. Tony loves taking objects, usually magnets, and pressing them into the play dough to create an impression. We usually say the name of the object out loud after he has done this; ‘square,’ ‘circle,’ ‘Steve,’ and ‘notebook.’ Tony really wanted to go for a walk, but it was raining and very wet so it just wasn’t a great idea. He was totally bummed that we stayed inside. We played with some new dominoes and a clear human figure with neon interior organs which are removeable with the exception of the yellow brain. We briefly played with the pretend food and he is pretty good at saying ‘sushi.’ Good job Whitney and Tony!

Once he was finished with speech therapy we knew he needed a break so we let him watch an episode of Blue’s Clues. But not before we solved a more pressing issue: Tony manded “eat” very clearly, yet everything he had and everything Marlaina added was not ‘it’ none of it was what he wanted to eat. Then, in a breakthrough communication, he said “Car, Eat.” Immediately we knew: Chick-Fil-A french fries was what he had in mind! And that is what he got.

After Blue’s Clues we did go for a walk, but it was very short. He wanted to go in the bus or the car, then he wanted to jump in the puddles. I was trying to avoid the puddles and wouldn’t open the car doors when he said ‘aben.’ Needless to say, he was growing increasingly upset with the whole situation, with his tiredness beginning to show. Marlaina decided it was naptime.