Tuesday August 27, 2013

Michael was funny today saying “Goooollly a lot”. He knows his cars and trucks ;) The Millcreek cookout got cancelled for today. It was iffy weather. We will go when it gets re-scheduled. We worked on his exercises and his flashcards. He did really well on putting words into sentences and spent a lot of time getting it right. After he was done with that he said “Let’s go”. I had him show me and tell me where he wanted to go. We went to D.I. and then had lunch at Millie’s after. He bought himself 3 new shirts! He really likes his white one.

Michael put the hat on me

Michael fixed me some coffee; I guess I looked pretty tired. He asked me if I got my tire fixed. I told him I did.We cleaned up his plants, had coffee and tried to take our coffee and papers outside to work on them but it was really windy. We came back inside and worked on his matching paper and other words. He gave me some earrings today too. They were in the same type of Macey’s box that the watch was in too. That guy…We didn't do exercises today other than walk around Highland Cove. He was just getting back from exercises when I came over today.

Wednesday August 21, 2013

I came over today instead of Tuesday. I was in Olympia WA. We worked on Michael’s exercises and some of his words. I told him we couldn't go out today. I blew out a tire on the way back from WA and had been driving on a spare for a long time. I got back really late last night and I’ll get new tires later today.

Michael was watching T.V. When we were starting to do his exercises, he told me he had something for me. I thought it was the bag of socks that he has but he got the sack and opened it. It was a new hat that say’s ‘princess’ on it. That was sweet. He’s always thinking of others :) He got worn out when we did he exercises; he took a break before we worked on his words. We went outside and sat on the bench and we worked on his monosyllable words. We did other words too that were a little bit harder. We went back and put his folder away and then he walked me to my car and he went to lunch.

We filled out the rest of his calendar for the month of August. 

Tuesday August 13, 2013

When I came in today, Michael was watching TV and having a cup of coffee. He asked me to have a cup too. We sat and drank our coffee and talked. When we were done, we did his exercises and then went upstairs. He wanted to go look at the hat place. He was saying that it was open. We walked up a bit and saw that it wasn’t open yet. We walked back and he was showing me the places that are in front of Highland Cove; the place that he wants to move into. We went back down to water his plants and then we were going to go to the park to work on his words and sentences. Before we even left we had to turn around and come back. I got Michael in the shower and then we went up to lunch. He walked me out to my car afterwards.

(I thought we would go on the Tracy Aviary activity they had planned today but it got cancelled.)

Today we worked on Michael's exercises while maintenance was in fixing his clogged up sink. We highlighted some things on the calendar for him to do next week. He chose his word and picture matching paper to do today. We went outside and sat on the bench by the Aspen tree. He did a good job reading and matching the words to pictures. We went back in and put his folder away and he walked me to my car and then he went to lunch. When I told him I had to go he said “No you don’t, you need to stay here”. ;) 

Tuesday August 6, 2013

Michael was watching TV when I came over today. We took care of his plants and talked about what he did over the weekend. He said he didn't go on any drives this weekend. :( We worked on one of the monosyllable papers. I had him read all the words on the paper. We did his exercises and I had to have him keep starting over. I have him count to 10 on each exercise; he wasn't able to do that too much today. I did push him a bit with reading and his exercises today. We went up to lunch and used the free guest meal. Thanks Michael! He was trying to tell me where he wanted to go and I waited until he could somewhat tell me and then we walked up to see if the hat place has opened up yet. We walked back, sat on a bench for a few minutes and then I had to leave. I think I wore him out today. (He had a coffee mug in a bag and was telling me it was for my Dad :) he’s so dang sweet).

The blog hasn't been working for about a month, but it's up and running again. I've added in all of July. 

(I have pictures in my phone of Michael but I've lost the memory card. I will add them when and if I can figure out how to directly add them from my phone.)

Friday August 2, 2013

Michael had a few things in his room and when I asked him where he got them he said “For you”. I told him it was nice to think about me but I didn't need any more furniture. I tried to explain how more things aren't always the best. We did his exercises and read a few words and then he wanted to go and see if the hat shop is opened yet. It’s right by the entrance to Highland Cove. We walked up to the entrance and noticed it hadn't opened yet. We walked back inside and he went to lunch. He showed me the card for the free guest meal at Highland Cove that he got in his Birthday card. I told him we could use that next week. :) We also highlighted some activities on the Highland Cove calender. 

Tuesday July 30, 2013

I don't remember today, I think we worked on his exercises and practiced some of his words. (I've been in the process of moving lately and have forgot to right some things down.)

Friday July 26, 2013

Michael was upstairs doing an activity. He was making a desert with a few other people. We went downstairs and he showed me a Birthday card that he got from the staff at Highland Cove. I gave him a Birthday Card and then I was going to take him to a movie but everything had already started and the only movie playing was a cartoon type movie. He wasn't too into that so went to D.I. and I bought him a new CD and then I took him to lunch at Sugarhouse BBQ for his

Birthday. He really likes that place, he even bought himself a new T-shirt from there. He got a call from Jerry as we were heading back. He said he is going to go fishing later on tonight :) I helped to put in his new movie before I left. I hope he was a good day and a good Birthday!

Tuesday July 23, 2013

I came over later today. When I came in Michael was watching T.V. I had him do his exercises and then he said “Hey, let’s go somewhere.” He told me where he wanted to go with his cards. He got out his flash cards first and started reading them and he read the flashcards with the words on them that fit into sentences too. We went to Walgreen's to pick up a few things and then I dropped him off and told him we would do something for his Birthday on Friday when I came over. (He bought me a purple Sharpie today too. Thanks Michael :) )

Friday July 19, 2013

Michael was telling me he got a new bed today. He was upstairs when I came over and wanted to show me so he took me down to see his new bed. We did his exercises and added some new ones that the PT showed me on Tuesday. (I’ll be printing up pictures of the new exercises too). Michael said “Let’s go somewhere.” I asked him where he wanted to go and he got the D.I. card out to show me. We practiced on saying where he wanted to go and on the drive there he was reading signs to me. :) He wanted to buy me all sorts of things at D.I. I had to keep telling him I didn't need anything. He’s so sweet to think of me though. He bought a new DVD about dinosaurs. He was pointing to Crown Burger on our way to D.I. so we went there afterwards for lunch. He is going to get his haircut today too.

Tuesday July 16, 2013

I came over a little later today. We visited and highlighted some more activities for him to do at Highland Cove. We worked on Michael’s exercises and the PT came just as he was finishing up. He was telling me the exercises he has him do. I’ll be getting pictures of those too and add those to what we do already.

Friday July 12, 2013

Today we worked on Michael’s exercises and some of his papers from speech therapy. He was showing me he was out of shaving cream. We went to Walgreen's and picked up some more. I told him Jerry would be at his place to talk to him. We went back and put his shaving cream away. I was showing him how much to use. We had just bought some recently and I think he uses too much ;) We went up and he walked me to the front door asking when I was going to come back. :) He went and had lunch.

Tuesday July 9, 2013

I don't remember what we did today but I think we just worked on exercises and his words.

Friday July 5, 2013

Michael said he had a good 4^th of July yesterday. When I came in I noticed he got a new flat screen TV! :) Yay good for him. He wanted to go right away to look for a new bed? We did his
 exercises first and then he was telling me ‘we have to go now’. I tried to ask him where we were going but all I got was “I’ll show ya”. We ended up at Linda’s Furniture. I told him it was expensive and I didn't think they had beds but he wanted to go and look. We weren't in there long before he said “Let’s go”. We went to D.I. to look around. I let him buy me a belt for .50 today. That was nice of him! (I guess I’m always pulling up my pants) ;) We went to McDonald's after and had lunch and then drove up to Sugarhouse park and walked around the pond and sat and looked at all of the ducks. He went for a good walk today. He made some funny comments today too.

Tuesday July 2, 2013 

It was a hot day today. Since it's the 4th of July on Thursday, I thought we would do a project. We made a flag and talked about the 4th of July and what it means. We talked about other

holidays too. We worked on exercises afterwards and then his DVD player too. Michael had a hard time keeping count on his exercises. He showed me a new shirt that he got with Jerry at D.I. We walked up to lunch and he walked me out. 

Friday June 28, 2013 

I can't remember what we did today but I'm sure we did exercises and worked on some of his papers. I think we worked on his DVD player too. I can't remember what else we did :/

Tuesday June 25, 2013

Michael wanted to go to D.I. today. We did his exercises first and worked on some of his speech therapy papers. We left but had to come back for a few minutes. We left for D.I. again and he ended up buying a new hat. We went up to lunch afterwards.