Tue 26 Sep 2006
Today Tony was pretty calm.� When I got there, he had already been out the whole day for verbal lessons, so he was already a little worn out.� He was watching Monsters Inc.� when I came in, which got me really excited since he hadn�t seemed to have gotten to that type of movie quite yet.� It was a nice change from Barney and Wiggles.�
We went into his playroom, where I was able to get him interested in doing some puzzles.� He did the mouse one first, which he accomplished without any help the first time.� I helped transition him into the Sea puzzle.� He had a little trouble at first, but eventually with a little help he was able to put all the pieces in the right places.� He wanted to do the puzzle over and over again, until eventually he was able to look at it and know where to put the pieces very quickly.�
We took a road trip today to Ross.� He was really excited when we got into the store.� We went straight to the toy aisle.� When we passed through, he was turning around circles in the cart, looking for any toy that might catch his eye.� When his mom picked up something that she thought he might like the first time, he immediately said no.� He eventually had his eyes set on a Blue�s Clues book.� He looked at this while we walked through the store.�
Marlaina and Anton had to go pick up the cat from Petsmart, so I was responsible for taking Tony to the car and keeping him amused.� He was good for the first 5 minutes but then he began to notice the absence of his mom.� He started crying and I couldn�t redirect him for a few minutes, but I started drawing for him and asking him questions about his new book.� He seems to like it when I draw Blue for him.� I was able to keep him occupied until his parents came back.� As soon as his mom came up to the car, he got really excited and kept repeating �hello mommy.��
When we got back to the house, he immediately asked to go to the green bus.� We sat in there for about 10 minutes, where he sat in the front and pretended to drive the vehicle.� Afterwards we went back inside, and he asked for Monsters Inc. again.� He also asked for Wiggles in the playroom, so he was running back and forth, watching the two movies.� Eventually he got tired, and it was off to bed.