Today was a nice day. When I came over, Michael had all his CD's on the floor. We did a quick fix on his CD holder and put them all away. He did his exercises and we worked on phrases from the papers that speech therapy gave him. He wrote down some things to. We played some card games and worked on matching the suits and counting. He did a good job with the VCR today. We had lunch together at Highland Cove and then I had to go. He walked me out to my car. :) His sister is coming to visit today, he was saying "Jerry should be here soon". I hope he has a nice visit. I'll see him next Tuesday! 

Friday October 26, 2012

Michael was in the lobby of Highland Cove. They were carving pumpkins. He got up and went to his room to get his! I didn't think he would want to, but he got one of the templates saying "This is the best one, don't ya think?" We took a template and his pumpkin downstaris and carved a face into it. I tried to get him to help but he just kept saying, "You're doing fine." He even took out all the insides. He looked pretty proud of his pumpkin when we were done. Now I'll now he likes to do that ;) We did his exercises afterwards. 
His sister will be coming in town on Tuesday and will be with him on Friday. We'll spend a little extra time together tomorrow. 

Today when I came over I think Michael was just getting up. He finished getting dressed, then he said "I thought you were going to make me coffee". So I made him a cup of coffee ;) we did his exercised and he even read the first few words of the instructions! :) He had some change and we ended up counting it. He want's to save it and then take it to the bank. When he was done with his coffee, he wanted to go and get something for his glasses, they were hurting his ear a little. We went to Walgreens and picked up something that I hope helps. He got some Pepsi too. "In case my sister comes over, she'll have something to drink." That's all we had time for today. He went to lunch a little later today but wasn't concerned that he didn't go right at noon. He wanted to go out after luch too but I'll see him on Friday. 

Friday October 19, 2012

Michael made us coffee again today. Maybe this can be a Friday thing to do. It seems like he needs to work on using it a little bit. We did his exercises today, played a card game (Who has the highest card, kind of a slow game of speed.) He kept talking about his jacket and got it out for me to see. We ended up going to Walgreens to get something for his coat. He picked out some Duct tape. Good idea, he said "We can use it on other stuff too." We went back and fixed his jacket :) and then he went to lunch. 

Tuesday October 16, 2012

I brought over some pumpkins today :) We did exercises first then started on the pumpkins. I brought some markers and different faces for Michael to choose from. He made two different faces on the pumpkin. He asked "What are we gonna do with em after were done?" I told him we were going to use them for decoration in his room. He picked out the face he wanted me to put on my pumpkin, it's a scary face. We worked on the VCR again today. 

I'm always so glad to see Michael, he really makes my days. He's so sweet. When I showed up he said "Where you been?" and led me inside. We had nice conversations today. He even wanted to make me a cup of coffee :) maybe I looked tired ;) we did his exercises and practiced using the VCR. It was a cold and rainy day today. I think he's going to a movie later today with Jerry. When I left, he walked me out to the front, he's so nice to do that.

Today we started off with exercises, then practiced on how to use Michael's phone. We went for a drive and ended up driving around Sugarhouse park. He pointed out the geese to me. We stopped at McDonalds and had a drink and then drove back and worked on what activities he would like to do at Highland Cove. He pointed out a Jeep to me again today. When I asked him why he liked Jeep's he said "Cause I haven't had one before." We had a nice visit.