#2035 Monday 17th August

Today's progress on the building....

This is the wall frame on the street side of the room.  Now I can order the exterior cladding. 

#2034 Friday 14 August 2020

Phew!  It's Daddys birthday today...... so Kaylia can find a new loop.  

Here is Kaylia with the Big birthday present. 

Kaylia nearly spoilt our birthday meal at Hogs Breath..... she continued her looping at shouting volume.  Fortunately the arrival of food quietened the problem. 

#2033 Friday 7th August

The "looping" is still driving us mad.....  the control systems are sort of working... but not enough.

I wonder what she will change to once "Daddy's birthday" is past.... maybe she won't change?  It will be a test of whether the words have meaning for her..... it may be that the words are just a sound.

The building is still going well.  I'm laying the floor for the upper room at the moment..... then I can build the wall frames.

#2032 Thursday 30th July

The building project has advanced.  The decking on the balcony area is largely complete so I can now work on a proper floor.... it's much safer.  I've opened the side of the room where the big window used to be......

This will be the entrance to the room and the stairs to the upper room will rise from here going to the right. At present I'm building the framework of the stairway as this will be a key support for the upper floor. 

note the floor..... when we moved into the house in 2002 the room had walls painted chalkboard black with this purple floor..... it was quite a sight. 

#2031 Wednesday 29th July

Life flows on....   Kaylia has had therapy this afternoon after school.  She loves it and does very well.  It shows us what she can do with her speech.... so we know how much she is "dragging her feet" with us!

She's still looping.... this week she has lost 6 of her 10 dvds already. 

In the garden this evening. 

Sweet peas..... growing about a cm per day

#2030 Saturday 25th July 2020

Kaylia's looping is driving both Naomi and I to distraction!   Having a quota of DVDs.... that are a ransom against her deliberate loops.... it's good but she still loops in her room.  This is allowed as she has to have some outlet...... but she has taken to shouting it out in her room.  

As a consequence we now say to her that if she shouts it out we will do one blast on the bugle.  She hates that...... so it might work.

The garden is growing well and the chooks are a delightful set of characters.  They are fascinated by the sparkly jewelry on Naomi's fingers and try to peck at it.

The building is progressing.  I'm fitting the decking to the upstairs balcony...... a bit early but it's a safety measure as the temporary floor is a dangerous thing. 

#2029 Tuesday 21st July 2020

Kaylia had a good day back at school.... singing all the way home ..... and then straight into the bath!  She has "body doctor" this afternoon.

The roof is off the bungalow ..... now I have to bag up all the insulation!  Lovely job.

Then I'll start on the floor structure for the new room.