Will's Adventures

Will had a busy and adventurous weekend.  He had his playgroup on Saturday morning with his Little Buddies (Little Buddies is the name of our Ds toddler group), then he went to the Yellow Springs Street Fair, camping and hiking at John Bryan State Park and on the way back home he played at Young's Dairy.  He had a lot of fun eating fair food and dancing to the bluegrass band, exploring the camp site and sleeping in the tent and really enjoyed himself at the dairy with the animals, play area and ice cream!

I feel that it is somewhat exceptional that Will tolerates all the Ron and I plan for him.  Both because he is 2 and because he has Ds and sensory issues, which can sometimes cause him to get overwhelmed when he is out of his comfort zone.  He seems to rise above these little 'challenges' we put in front of him and usually has fun doing it.  It was funny to watch him clap and dance along with the music at the fair.  He can be a stinker at times, but he really is a very sweet, funny and mild-mannered toddler!

He is on a break from all therapies right now...not by choice.  I have been juggling the schedule this past week because his speech therapist had her baby very early and since there was no one to take over her patients, we had to move to a different time.  Will also had his occupational therapy re-evaluation last week.  Thank you Grandma Sandy for taking Will while I was at work, because otherwise we would have had to wait until August!  So I have been trying to coordinate OT with ST and the rest of our life, to see where we can fit this all in.  Much to my dissappointment, I never found him a good summer program or camp to attend.  They were either too expensive, too far away or too old for him.

Physically he has been under the weather.  His right ear is infected from surgery, so he has been on drops for that.  He fell on his little face while chasing his cousins and sustained the injury you see in all these pictures.  Someone told me it makes him look tough:)  And he has had a little stomach bug too.  So we are looking forward to being healthy again soon and free to enjoy our summer!