Sam got up to pee and then got in bed with me waiting for the end of nighttime. Lying in the dark Sam says:
S: Mom, I have to tell you something about what we did at Kennedy Krieger. We played with shaving creme and made it all like Candy Land.
Mom: wow Sam, that sounds like fun. Did you like it?
S: Yes
Mom: How did it feel?
S: Tickly
Mom: Thanks for telling me about that, I love it when you tell me about stuff you do, it fils my bucket.
S: yeah
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In Sam’s communication journal from Seneca, the note said yesterday:
“working on getting Sam to stop calling out ‘Excuse me Ms. Jones…’ having him raise his hand and wait to get called on. Now when he raises his hand and doesn’t get called on he says something like ‘Oh, come on!’ – working on that now.”
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Max at dinner the other night:
“I guess I’ll have to eat Sam’s” reached over & took it off his plate, when Sam stopped eating his food.
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Today at KK, the kids played w/shaving creme again. Sam smiled his anxious smile, looked at his friends at the table already elbow deep in the white foam, and jumped right in with both hands, in less then 5 seconds. Sam was the last one at the table to be done playing! Man, how times change!
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S: Mom I want to show you what I have in my backpack!
M: great, I can’t wait to see!
S: Look mom, it’s a tree, the brown is the tree trunk, and the yellow, red & orange are the leaves.
M: wow Sam, that’s a beautiful tree.
S: yes it is.
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Today at Kennedy Krieger, Sam chose “present helper” for his job. Owen was sad and said “but I wanted to be present helper”
S: You can share present helper w/me Owen.