He got in!

I knew he would but Adam got accepted to Central College Preschool.  Yay!

Here are some pics I kept forgetting to get off my camera:

Nice Feb. day.  (Dave finally put stickers on after I took this pic)

Bigger trike we found on clearance at Target.
He ended up wanting to ride his big wheel instead because this bike doesn't go fast enough.

Last day of swim class on their "noodle boat".

Sick boy watching stories last Sunday.

Watching the carousel at the zoo 3/17.

How to defeat a tiger - poke him in the eye...

...then tackle it!

Sick little man

Adam woke up at 6am Sunday morning with some vomit in his bed (or "a yucky burp" as he called it).  He vomited once more in the bathroom and he was SO sad heaving over the sink.  He  kept crying that his tummy hurt.  I snuggled with him and he fell back asleep until 10:30am.  He spent the rest of the day on the couch watching stories, eating some crackers and a little ginger ale.  No more vomit!  Monday morning he seemed better so we got ready for swim lessons.  He took 2 bites of the sandwich he said he wanted and then said his tummy hurt.  He was still pretty lethargic for him.  He wanted to go upstairs to play with his blocks and ended up laying on his back wanting me to build the stuff.   By bedtime, he was running around like his normal self.

Today, Adam started Miss Sonny's "Leaping Lollipops" class.  He did SO well listening!  I know he's always good for the first class but I hope he keeps at it and doesn't just start running around the room like he did in the "Jumping Jellybeans" class.  He has some "friends" in class this time too so I don't know if that helps.  The class is for 3-4 year olds and guess who is the tallest?  I never really realized it until all the kids were lined up against a wall.  Fun!

Oops, wrong blog

Accidently posted on the other blog...

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Holy Thunder, Batman!!

Last night we had some major thunderstorms.  Dave and I were watching the Academy Awards and I saw a huge flash of lightening and said "boom" and 2 seconds later "BOOOMMMM!!" and the whole house shook.  Not a peep out of Adam!  There were more storms throughout the night and I kept expecting Adam to come into our room.  Nope!  This morning when he woke up, he called for me to come into his room instead of coming in ours like usual.  He talked about the storm and how scary it was.  I guess he was too scared to get out of bed! Poor guy!

Adam's doctor's office promotes "Walk with a Doc" Saturday mornings.  In good weather, they meet at the Community Center and talk about pediatric topics.  In the winter, they rotate between Tuttle and Polaris malls.  Since we were up in time and I have been curious about it, we went to Polaris last Saturday.  I walked in and there were a TON of people in the corner of the food court.  I thought maybe something else was going on because it was mostly adults.  Turns out that these walk and talks are for anyone and the doc that day was a cardiologist or something.  Adam didn't want to stand around so we started walking.  After our first lap, we saw his pediatrician and her daughter.  Her daughter is 4 so Adam was all over her!!  Sometimes he wanted to follow her,  sometimes he wanted to run ahead and wait.  They both wanted coins for the little rides in the food court.  I love his pediatrician and it was nice to talk to her out of the office.

I can pet your dog?

Last weekend we were at the Sawmill Target and Adam decided he wanted to go next door into Petsmart.  He saw a dog and started to try to pet it and I reminded him he needed to ask before petting someone else's dog.  "I can pet your dog??"  The person said "sure" and he gently pat it on the back.  We headed toward the back to see if a class was going on.  They had a class going on in the enclosed training room AND another class just in the back of the store.  I think he asked all the owners in the back "I can pet your dog?"  It was really cute and he was very gentle.  We had to drag him out of there but not before petting one more on the way out.

We were given Adam's preschool assessment on Friday.  The teacher asked if I had a minute to talk. I thought "uh-oh" because most of the parents were just handed the form and left.  I made Adam go back in the room so he could play while I talked.  Well, thankfully it had nothing to do with his behavior.  She actually said he was a very big help in class that day and she noticed that we had been working with him academically at home.  She wanted to know if I noticed him having difficulty with balance and spacial relationships. I started to go into the whole hemi-talk but she said she was already aware of his medical issues.  She said that he has a tendency to run into his friends and not realizing he's in someones space.  I laughed a little and told her that was on purpose.  I have never seen him unintentionally run into things - he's pretty good at stopping.  I guess she has an OT background and asked if he's ever had an OT or PT or taken a gymnastics class.  I explained that we have had him evaluated and were told he was good.  He will be taking "Miss Sonny's" gymnastics class again in the Spring but they don't do that much in that class so I may sign him up for a "real" class this summer.

As for the assessment, they look at various skills ( under personal, communication, social, motor, snack and lunch skills) and rate them as M for met or E for emerging skill.  He met all but following directions, learning to share/cooperate/take turns, verbalizing feelings, and accepting discipline.  Sounds just like at home!