Weekly Therapy Update & More

Because of storm Sandy, I did not have internet access for a few days.  That also means I missed the last day of the 31 for 21 campaign!  So I will be using this post to conclude the campaign.  I want to thank everyone who followed along and sent me emails about the posts.  I also know that a lot of you were unable to leave comments directly on the blog.  Sometimes Blogger has trouble with comments.  I ever know why or how long it will last but I appreciate the efforts of everyone to contact me in some way. 

We didn't go out trick-or-treating on Halloween because it was damp and very cold outside.  So we had celebrated Halloween inside.  Everyone got dressed up in their costumes.

Isabella was Princess Jasmine.

Lily was a pink poodle.

Raymond was Elmo!

 

 

This is actually a picture of Sophie...we dressed her up as Sadie.  Pretty good costume isn't it?!?  ; )

 

Everyone grabbed a bucket and went trick-or-treating inside.  We set up trick-or-treat stations all around the house.  The kids would knock on the bedroom doors (etc.) and say trick-or-treat!

 

 

Lily was a VERY cute poodle.  Thanks to Grammy for making her such a perfect costume!!!

 

Lily thinks we should do that every night!  She loved eating her treats!

 

Raymond slowly decided that his Elmo costume was annoying.

 

 

The entire thing finally came off.

 

But before it did...

 

I was trying to snap a picture of Raymond in his costume and got this one.  I think this picture is hysterical.  Seriously, I laughed so hard at it after I took it I was crying.  It looks like zombie Elmo has his arms wrapped around Raymond's neck and is trying to eat his head.  Maybe I just have a sick sense of humor?  Maybe I wouldn't have even looked twice if it wasn't Halloween?  In any case, I still think it's a very funny picture!

 

After the trick-or-treating, I made chocolate skull cakes with peanut butter frosting.  I snapped a quick picture of them before I put the frosting on.

Then we watched "monster" movies.  Monsters Inc. and Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School were the kid-friendly monster movies I could find.  So despite the fact that we didn't go outside, we still had lots of fun inside!

 

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Because of the storm, Raymond did not have a lot of therapy this week.  School was closed and so was the IU.  Here is an update for this week.

 

"It took Raymond a while to warm up to a new therapist.  He did not stay seated for therapists activities.  Raymond preferred to play with his blocks.  Raymond signed ball in imitation and imitated "ball" to get the ball.  Attempted identifying actions.  Raymond needed hand-over-hand guidance to "show/point/get" picture.  Worked on having Raymond imitate some CV (consonant-vowel) words.  He watched my mouth nicely but did not consistently attempt to imitate."

-Allison, Speech Therapist

11/01/2012

 

 

Lily also started speech therapy this week.  Her therapist is very nice and I think will work well with her.  I will probably start to post Lily's updates also. 

 

Until Next Time!

Lots of Love,