#969 Saturday 16 August

Last night Kaylia was telling us about all of the swimming places that she likes ..... Bilgoman ..... Swan Park ..... Bayswater Waves ..... Mundaring ???? .... no pool there!

Kerrie is clearly going to to have a negotiation session this morning.

2pm. Swan Park was the outcome!  She came home very happy and after lunch it's been hose time and bath time.   We're working on teaching her to avoid over-flowing the bath by pulling the plug now and then to let a little water out.

#968 Thursday 14 August

As a birthday treat, we're going to eat at Kaylia's favourite place .... Nandos!!

(It's fortunate that we all like the place or it would be a big conflict!) 
After Nandos, Naomi and I are going to go to the movies .... woo hoo!!

#967 Tuesday 12 August

Kaylia had a school assembly this morning .... the Year Six class put on an item about the soccer World Cup .... and Kaylia had a role!  Although it's not her class, she was holding a flag.

She really  is there!  She's the person attached to the hand behind the fella with the drum.

She's come such a long way.  She clearly enjoys being part of a group. She still needs to be prompted at times but gee .... what progress she has made.

In my shed I'm getting back to my recycling "thing" .... this photo is of the steel welding table I made yesterday.  

Apart from the paint, it's zero cost .... made from steel I've collected.  It's VERY heavy ... great for welding.  The 100mm square tube uprights have 10mm thick walls!

#966 Monday 11 August

In a non-auty child, the way we are rearing Kaylia would produce a very selfish child .... I don't think that is even possible for Kaylia.  She is still so enmeshed inside her own sensory world that the concepts of selfish vs selfless don't appear on the horizon. 

She only has her world .... she must be taught every step of social behaviour .... and the concepts of selfish behaviour only make sense in a person that is completely aware of the

people and world around them.

Later:  Therapy time .... I got mixed up last week .... this is the last week of therapy - not last week.

Right now she's doing an exercise where she has to remember a set of instructions and repeat them to another person.... blue square underneath green circle.  She doubts her ability to do it and then when she is encouraged and actually does it, she gets so excited.