Today was my long day with Tony. He was very happy to see me, shouting “Itney” as soon as I walked in the door. How great is that??! It was a rainy day here and Tony had not gotten any sleep last night. I arrived at noon and he had just woken up. Needless to say Tony had lots of energy! We took four walks today. The little guy just loves those puddles! On our walks I worked in some of the motor imitation. As I reported yesterday, he is doing just great with these activities.

Back inside, we worked on the dolls. He hasn’t been too excited about them lately but he seemed receptive to them today. He really liked having them shake and jump, but I had to do hand over hand with “clap hands” and “kick legs.”

After a while, Tony manded for “car ride.” Marlaina decided to load everyone up for trip to KMart to reinforce his good manding (I think she also needed to get a few gardening items). Tony was very well behaved during our trip to the store as he usually is. He got 2 packs of new crayons too for asking for them as well.

After we returned, I continued to work with Tony. Taking small breaks in between to go puddle splashing outside. I had him count to 3 and then “splash” in the next puddle on our walk. He really loved doing this! He shouted “ahhyay” after every one.

Since I had a long day with Tony, I was able to get to a lot of the maintenance activities (I know you’re happy Jay).

Our day ended after our last walk. It was time for “night night.” I think today was really good. I got a lot done and most importantly, Tony was “happy”!