Circles and Seesaws

Will's OT skills have been picking up!  He absolutely loves his private OT.  He never hesitates to go 'play' with her and always comes out bouncing and jumping with excitement!  Usually with a sticker an a sucker in hand:)  She has seen a lot of progress in his drawing skills.  He has been drawing more circles lately when he scribbles, which is a key stage in development of hand skills.  He loves to play with her bug game where he uses salad tong type scoops to grab bugs.  He also loves her pirate ship game that involves putting swords into these slots.  She also works on crawling, climbing, balance  and timing exercises on the swing.  His scissors skills are emerging, but I can wait on that one as we have had lots of friends that have given themselves unwanted haircuts lately.
He is also still very ambidextrous at the this point.  Prefers right slightly, but still uses left as you can see in the top picture.  According to a blog I follow that did an informal survey, 'While 13% of the general population is left-handed, our (non-scientific) poll showed that 41% of people with Ds are left-handed and 10% are ambidextrous'.  I learn new facts about Ds everyday!

 

He is so vocal in his bed every morning.  He sits in there and babbles to himself while he waits on one of us to come get him.  I try to let him go as long as possible because the babbling is so good, and also to squeeze in a few more moments of sleep or me time!

 

Will and Jonas have been playing so nicely together lately.  I know they will be good buddies for life.  Here he is showing Will how to use the iPad:)

 

Sharing the chair while watching cartoons, and with cheesy smiles!

 

Jonas is going to be 5 in a few weeks and he is becoming such a good helper and playmate.  He can be a stinker at times but can also be patient and helpful moments later.  The other day at the indoor playground my sister and I got a huge laugh at him trying to help Will get on to the seesaw.  He wanted to play on the seesaw with Will but could not figure out how to get Will up there.  He tugged and pulled and lifted Will as much as he could, but when that didn't work, he went to the other end of the seesaw and got on his hands and knees and wedged his back under the seesaw to try to lower it on Will's end.  It is hard to picture maybe, but it was unbelievably sweet and heartwarming!