Mands: 12

Not much of an eventful blog today. It was hectic (not extremely) and Tony picked up on the fact that there was something different going on. As usual Tony started out with a few shows including “Go Baby” and “The Wiggles.” We went into his room and it looked as if we’d just missed the herd of buffalo that must have stormed through. Tony played with the house which was already out while I cleaned up.

Tony pulled his new box of interlocking pastel grid-like blocks out and said “open box.” Since the room was still somewhat chaotic I convinced the youngin to clean up the house stuff and when he was done I would indeed ‘open box.’ He did a great job cleaning up the house and I kept my end of the promise. I opened the box and we played. While we were playing we also did some intraverbals. When another human came through the room tony was driven to distraction and he left the room.

He manded for a walk and we were headed that way when Tony saw Anton. Suddenly the walk was old news as Tony followed Dad into the kitchen greeting him repeatedly. Good thing Marlaina needed to go to the grocery store because the next activity on Tony’s agenda was a car ride. That worked out well.

After the grocery we watched some “Blue’s Clues.” Tony had a hot dog and a grilled cheese. We finally went back into his room and we colored with the new crayons he’d gotten at the grocery. We did some motor imitation and just started receptives when Tony decided it was time for that walk. He got sidetracked at the bathroom.

While we went through a usual repretoire of bathroom activities, Tony threw in something new with disastrous results; as he grasped the grown-up toothpaste he knocked down a votive holder and it went crashing to the ground. Tony was upset by the shattering noise and Marlaina took him to bed while I cleaned up the broken glass.