Mands: 15

A pretty good day for Tony. When I walked in he was toting four markers around with him everywhere. Only one of them was in working order and the others were out of ink. He still tried each one on each new surface as if another would just decide to start working again. Tony colored and jumped around. Then we watched “Charlie and Lola” Anton loves the jauntiness of the theme song. We went in his room and painted. I looked at my watch and noticed it was almost time for “The Wiggles” I showed Tony my watch and let him know what I’d thought of. Of course he probably knew It was time because his biological clock told him when it was time for the Wiggles the other day. He decided we should “open door” and so we did.

We watched the Wiggles and soon Whitney arrived. Tony greeted her with much enthusiasm. Whitney filled us in with details of her wild night and also joined the Wiggles for some song and dance. Tony was really into the show but not really into his breakfast. He sure had lots of energy for someone who ate so little.

After the Wiggles said goodbye the next show was totally uncool. We never watch that show. Tony said “dye-dye,” so I turned the TV off and we all headed for the room. The first thing Tony went for was the cardboard boxes he, Marlaina, and Morgan had made. Tony wanted to get in, get out, get in, get out etc. He kept saying “over” instead of in or out, so I would pick him up and lift him over the house. He really likes to put one box on top of the other while he is sitting inside so he has a roof. It was tough to keep one box perched atop another so I borrowed some tape and scissors from Marlaina and hinged them together.

We went on a couple of walks today: one was very long and we walked over to the pool to see if it was ready to swim in. No such luck. On the second walk we had a nice swing in the hammock and then retreated to the shady side of the builsings. Here Tony checked out the squares to make sure there were still eight. He gleefully walk-jumped over them at least five times calling out numbers as he stomped each square. Then he was off to the thinking bench. Whitney and I enjoyed the shade and the slight breeze while Tony discovered a new percussion instrument: a dowel and part of a two by four make nice stand ins for stick and drum!

We indulged in two rather long sessions of sidewalk chalk art, and it is even more fun now since we know Tony’s new chalk is absolutely safe for his use. After our last session Marlaina gave Tony a surprise which he was thrilled with: a “Blues Clues” mailbox complete with crayons, stamps, letters, and stickers! Lucky him. It was getting late though, and sleepiness was kicking in. We knew it was time for night-night.