Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

New "Gamer" on the Block

w e l l ......almost.....I bought Jonathon a game for the Wii a few months ago and finally tried it after Christmas.  It is Jumpstart Escape from Adventure Island, you have to use the wand and it is mainly rolling it back and forth to do what you need to do.  It was kinda a pain even for me, so of course Jonathon didn't concept it all.  I just told him that was o.k. and we would put it away for now and try when he got a little older.....

He loves to go in and get on the bed and watch Kenny play PS3.  He will sit for hours with Kenny if I let him.  Kenny is 14 and likes shooter games.....Jonathon has a new vocabulary and it consist of a toy gun and alot of "POW" "POW" "POW"....Ok, I don't think he needs to be in front of that for very long.  So when we were out the other day running errands I decided to look for a couple of different games for the PS3 for Kenny.  Mainly because his Uncle John likes to play, but not really shooter games so I found Motorstorm Greatest Hits- this has trucks, ATVs, semi etc that you can race - right up Uncle John's alley.  And while I was searching I ran across a game for Jonathon to try.....Maybe the PS3 would be a little easier....  Here is what Jonathon got!

So much excitement!!

 

 

So I hooked it all up and let him try.....he did much better than with the Wii..... he can push the gas pretty good, but steering is not so good......but for the few minutes that he played he was very very happy.....so a good buy I think.....he will grow into it just like Andrew and Kenny did years ago....(their learning game was Spyro)

I do want to purchase the new Elmo game for the Wii when the price comes down.......

Evaluation Day

was today.  I was a little misinformed though, it was only for P.T.  He will remain seeing O.T. once per week for 30 minutes.  His evaluation is in December for her.


We had to change our time for future classes with O.T.  There is a little boy Caden that is in the room with Jonathon.  When we see O.T. he is seeing P.T. and he just is not happy and yells and cries and Jonathon just can't stand it.  It upsets him to the point where he starts crying.  Today I had to put his potty headphones on, to continue learning with his teacher.  Even though we won't be seeing P.T. any longer I had to address this issue with both O.T. and P.T.  I won't have Jonathon upset, because then it's just a waste of time to be there.  My P.T. (Miss Jen) whom we just got back and won't be seeing anyway totally agreed and said she would not put Jonathon through that again.  Our new time is 9:30 -10:00a.m. on Tuesdays with O.T.(Miss Amanda).  Our homework is to put money into the slot in the piggy bank(a real bank - not a toy).


P.T. evaluated Jonathon and confirmed that he does not need her services any longer.  She will stay on as a consult(meaning that we can say anytime that we need to see her and we will be able to see her.  And if we feel services are needed she will see us again.)  I am happy that Jonathon is doing so well, but at the same time I am a little nervous about not seeing her any longer.  But she will remain at Memphis schools to see other children and I have her cell number and her number at her main school sooo she is only a phone call away.  She gave me some things to work on with Jonathon.


To start climbing up on a bench and "jump" off. (which is so weird - I tell him not to climb and not to jump - what was I thinkin (lol).  I do see the point.


walk backwards for 5 or more steps - he can walk backwards, but its with a toy - he needs to do without a toy


walk up and down stairs without assistance - he can walk up and down with assistance. - this we are starting to do everyday from now on.


Run, run run - he is almost there


continue core exercises on workout ball


climb up big slide without assistance and slide down slide


jump, jump, jump


will be looking into getting a small trampoline


Goal is for him to be able to go out on the playground next year for preschool and be safe.  P.T. will re evaluate him next Spring.


Nervous, but we will work work work and continue to strive toward a safe happy life!

School Today

went well for Jonathon. He showed O.T.(Amanda) how he can put all his shapes in his shape sorter bucket and then he stacked all his cups together, which ends up being taller than him almost.(used to be, but Jonathon has grown). Then they worked on a puzzle together~this one had little pegs~he needs to use his pincher finger to get the piece out. We have these puzzles at home, so we will start working on these now.

Amanda gave me a great idea to do with bubbles. Blow the bubbles and have Jonathon use his pointer finger to "pop" the bubbles. Never thought of that~so when we go outside later we will get our bubbles out and try popping them.

On to P.T.(Annette) Got some good news from her today. We will be having summer services(school)once per week. She is going to start the summer off and then Miss Jen(my previous P.T. from last year)will end the summer. Miss Jen is having her second baby anyday now(this I did not know, so will be sending her a gift). I am very excited that we will be able to continue on with school through out the summer just like last year. And it is centrally located this year at Woodlands~this is 20 minutes from my house.

We will also be doing summer activities again this summer with all the children located in St.Clair County. I had alot of fun last summer and Andrew and Kenny enjoyed the time also with Jonathon.
Bad news about summer activities is that we might not be able to swim like last year. The swim teacher has retired and they are not sure what will take place. I really hope something opens up b/c that was one of Jonathon's favorite activities. He so enjoys the water.

I really need to look into us getting into the YMCA. My social worker was trying to get a scholarship for us, but said they were put on hold because of the economy. I think I will just pop in there and see what it is all about.