(And he ate a lot, too! — L)
Who Came to Visit Me?
Bachan came to visit me. We played together. I played with my leap pad with my Bachan. I was showing Bachan play station. I loved going to the japanees resttront with my Bachan mom and dad. I ate tempura and salid. I ate meso soop.
Jon
(The first story is Jon’s excellent summary of the weekend. Lovely afternoon spent sitting on the front steps eating nachos and then reading his schoolbook. The second story is just way too cute! — L)
My Weekend
I loved working on the computer with my mom and dad. I watched TV on the weekend. Uncle David was building a side walk. Uncle David was visiting me. I liked pizza for dinner. I went to the corner store with mom. I was buying a bag of spicy Nachos. Outside I played with my leap pad. I was doing some homework. I did some reading outside at the front door.
Jon
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My MomI love my mom when she is acting silly. She is lafing when she is acting silly. She is making funny faces. It makes me laf too. I hug my mom when she is lafing. That makes me feel happy.
Jon
(I get a kick out of Jon’s spelling of “skate”. Cathy is Jon’s visual consultant, today helping him with zippers and snap buttons. – L)
I Like Storytime
I love reading the poem I Held a Lam. I like reading After the Faer. I love reading Starting to Skeight. I like reading the first line. I like reading the next page. I love reading the snake poem. I like reading Let’s Pretend.
Jonathan
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Working with CathyI worked on zipers with Cathy. I like working on snaps. I love working on Mr. Potatow head. I put the eras into the hole. I like reading with Tami after snak.
Jonathan
Recently we’ve inherited a Playstation 1 set. (It started out as a customer incentive when Peter’s dad leased a new van, travelled between Peter’s siblings until they all got newer consoles, and finally landed in our laps.) It has a pathetically small library of games, including a Winnie-the-Pooh Kindergarten game appropriate for Jon.
Do they spike these video games with crack? Jon can only use one hand, and can only manage the buttons one at a time, which is not a very effective way of moving the cursor around. But within one day of playing the game – and despite not quite having gotten the hang of it yet –Jon was hooked. He begged to play more Playstation the next day, and it has replaced his afternoon TV shows as most-favoured-thing-to-do-during-break-time (too bad, Anna Olson!)
On the upside, we now have an extremely potent punishment, should we need to use it…
But on the subject of Playstations, here’s some questions for all and sundry: Where can we get old Playstation 1 games, new or used? And does anyone know of some titles that might be good for Jon? Anything up to approximately Grade 3 level; Kindergarten level would be just dandy. Most likely educational in focus rather than arcade-style: Jon just can’t see or move fast enough for twitch games. (Unless you know of any slow-twitch ones…)
(“Flying” is getting spun around like an airplane, to the detriment of Peter’s back. Likes going to sleep? Lately that’s debatable –L)
I Love Bedtime
I like going flying at bedtime.
I like getting dizee. I read a storey with my mom. I like going pee in the bathroom. I like going back to bed. I love reading a storey with my dad. I love reading a storey with my Gramma. I like going to sleep.Jon
(Peter videotaped a T-ball game at Jon’s school. It is an absolute hoot; hopefully we’ll be able to post a video soon. The colours and names in the second story are the names of little song/chant booklets at school. The Snoezelen room has come up before, but is a big favourite of Jon’s. –L)
Fun at School
I love going to the gym. I love playing T-ball with Tamara. I hit the ball with the bat. I like going to the adventure center. I love crawling up the ramp. I like looking at the fish. I love writing some stories in the classroom with Tami.
Jon
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I LIKE SINGING BOOKSThe best book is pink. I like to sing purple. I love to sing green. I like to sing blue. I love to sing yellow. I like to sing red. Fat little witch is sung to the tune of I’m a little teapot. My ten best friends is a number chant. Jack and the sack is sung to the tune of the animal fair. I think you are making me sneeze. Achoo. That was funny.
Jon
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I Like The Snoezelen RoomI love looking at the fish in the snoezelen room. The fish go splish splash splish splash. I like watching the bubbles in the toob. Up and down go the bubbles. I love looking at the eggs. I like feeling the eggs. I love going on the waterbed. I like sitting on the swinging chair.
Jon
(In the absense of the adults having anything to say, Jon is prolific… –P)
I Love Hugs
I love hugging my dad. I like giveing my daddy a kiss. I love mom. I like giveing my mommy a hug. I love working on the computer with my mommy and daddy.
Jon
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Fun at SchoolI love going to the gym. I love playing T-ball with Tamara. I hit the ball with the bat. I like going to the adventure center. I love crawling up the ramp. I like looking at the fish. I love writing some stories in the classroom with Tami.
Jon