June 12

 

Aaron did some play-dough art today…here is his happy face.

 

April 29

Tonight we were at dinner and Aaron just wrote his friend’s name (Kasey) on his menu, just because he felt like it. It was awesome to see that he knows how to spell another word!
 

April 4

Aaron drew me at school. He said, "mommy, I drew you, you're running. I put earrings on you."

March 30

Look at this cute piece of school work Aaron bright home today! A fruit loop rainbow! Love it!

February 28

Here is Aaron holding a creation from tonight. He drew himself holding an umbrella, and look at all that rain!

January 31

Up until a couple of weeks ago, Aaron was often having a difficult time of getting dropped off in the mornings at school. He is tired in the mornings and wants to stay home with us instead of going to school sometimes. He was acting a bit fussy in the mornings and whining (even crying sometimes) when we get him to his school. So, I have been offering him rewards for having cheerful behavior in the mornings. If he doesn’t cry, whine or fuss, we do a fun activity together AS SOON as we get home after school. It has worked every day for two weeks. Tuesdays his reward can be a movie, because we have funky busy evenings on that day. Every other day we have read a story or done a craft of some sort before I even start making dinner. (His favorite thing is to do “a messy craft.”)
I am so proud of him for being so successful at mastering his emotions and even more happy that we are spending this time together and that it means SO much to him to do so.
Tonight he wanted to paint on his easel and he was the picture of artistic concentration :)

January 25

Aaron had so much fun yesterday in his activity pad that he came home today and went straight to it. We had a hectic evening because Chris wasn’t home, but he still managed to get in about 45 minutes of time working on this. I wasn’t playing with him this time, I was at my desk and he was on the floor behind me. He kept calling me when he finished things and I would turn around and be astounded by what he did all by himself!
like this connect the dots…

and this letter/symbol thing! ALL BY HIMSELF! Unbelievable! He figured out what each symbol stood for and wrote the letters down!

then he tried this one, which was a lot longer, and got frustrated. But he did get the word “very” in the top left, see it?

and then, in the sweetest way ever, he flipped to a blank page and drew a picture of us holding hands. I’m on the right. He said he drew himself “with the pinkeye.” This was so exciting because he has never drawn a person with arms and legs before :)
It’s a milestone :)

then, he added “our toys” under our feet and then added Daddy, “he’s the tallest” and then drew a circle and added his name. I just LOVE THIS!

January 24

Today I told Aaron that if he was a cheerful boy in the morning when we dropped him off at school (Monday mornings are typically fussy and clingy) I would do a fun activity with him RIGHT when we got home. He did a great job this morning and as soon as we got home we got on the floor together and did some pages in his giant activity pad. He amazed us with what he did!! This page was a tracing activity, see the faint grey lines? He traced this Eeyore ALL by himself! WOW!