7/31/12

Glue Sticks & Microchips

Z and I are out in the back yard a few weeks ago and I see a baby bird struggling in the yard so I go to put it back up in it's nest which is up on this back deck/bench area thingy.  I turn around and there's NO Z ANY WHERE!  He's not in the grass or on the side of the house, and the door to the house is still closed. Finally after a heartstopping 20 seconds (felt like 20 minutes); I see a flash of orange runing along the OUTSIDE of the fence!  I bolt down the deck stairs, down the backyard hill to discover that after three years in this house, he's figured out how to unlatch the fence! 

I am sure I looked like a crazed lunatic screeching after him through the neighborhood.  I can only imagine what the neighbors thought :(  I chased him into and out of the neighbors garage, "Hi Chris!" and into and out of the street, up the block, in and out of several yards before I finally got my hands on him. 

7/6/12

play-dates, what if's, and Zpong OH MY!

Yay! Zander had his first official playdate today with someone who isn't related to him, one of his classmates from school, Tristan! It went pretty good. It's hard to say playdate because it's not what you'd probably expect, there's not a lot of direct interaction but there was definitely some side by side playing here and there which for my son is AWESOME! Even a year ago a play date would have consisted of my son immediately walking as far away from the other child as possible or asking to go home. Now it's more like what you see a 2 or 3 year old do, small observations, interactions, little imitations. But holy cow balls it's progress and you all know that in Autism any progress is a great thing!