Sat 6/2/2010

First Blog, here goes.

Worked on the fort; got the deck nailed down, made the hatch and mounted the iron bar on the side. The bar is to stick the planks over and also for swinging on and as a handle for climbing up the side.
It wasn't until 1-ish that I could play with the kids. Vanessa popped around with her kids and we all (except Michelle) went up and got lollies and stuff at the dairy. James was a bit upset about something, I am certain at not going where he expected but a constant supply of jet planes (thanks Luke) and twisties on the way back seemed to help..

Did a lot of jumping with him and getting him to climb up me and flip over in the afternoon (oh my back!). Went to Michelles Mum's for a BBQ, couple of things was really pleased about. Was out with him on the driveway and I was kicking a ball up the driveway and he got it and carefully picked it up in two hands and threw it to me with a grin on his face. We did this a few times before he lost interest. Also I took him up on the surround to her deck walking along the planks. He was freaking out a bit so we got down. Then later he started climbing up it by himself. And walking along a little bit. Very pleased!
Also did a bush bash around the top of the deck where its all trees and stuff. He went immediately back into it and nearly fell over and down a hole. He then went charging off across the lawn down to the bottom where he crashed into the overgrown stuff and fell over. It is fantastic to see him exploring his boundaries more, even though it scares me a little, he ran up the driveway and onto the footpath and was probably going to run across the street if I hadn't been there. But I always am.
Later that night stayed up late reading another book about autism and googling and reading on the TM forum. Funny thing was James got into our bed about 2 or 3am or so, later on he woke both me and Michelle with manic giggling..but he was asleep and was dreaming. Thats a first.