Michael showed me the new head board that he bought with Jerry over the weekend, it looks nice. I was really impressed that he still had root beer in his fridge! Good job Michael! :) We did his exercises and then we went to the store to pick up a couple things. Even though he still has 3 root beers left, he didn't mention getting any more. (I had it in my mind that today was Friday and told Michael I had to make it a short day). I sat with him upstairs during lunch before I left.

Friday March 27, 2015

Michael got a haircut! Yay, he looks good. I was really impressed to see he still had 6 root beers left! We worked on exercises and some of his words. I asked him to tell me what the words meant or how the item was used. After he read his words and did some matching, he wanted to go upstairs for lunch. We finished the calendar and highlighted what he was interested in and then made a grocery list for next time I come over. 

Tuesday March 24, 2015

I was on my way down to see Michael. He walked out of the elevator as I was going to walk in. He said he wanted to show me something. We walked outside, he said he was wondering about a car, but it turned out that he was wondering about the tree out front. He really likes the white tree and said the blooms smelled good. I didn't know what kind it was. He brought a little bit of it inside and we put it in a cup of water. We worked on his exercises and did a really good job today! We read a few words and then I went up to have lunch with him. (He said he wanted to go upstairs and eat, and then he choose to go to D.I.) I bought a new file box to put his cards in. He's getting more now and needs more space. He's doing good on his Root Beer and has had one a day! 

Happy first day of Spring!

Michael was upstairs waiting for me. He said he wanted to show me something. We went down to his room and he was showing me that he was out of coffee. We did his exercises super fast today and he did a really good job! He was paying attention, following directions and able to use his words better today. I had him make a list of the things that he needed. We went up and had lunch upstairs and then we went to Walgreen's to pick up a few things. We got a 12 pack of Root Beer and I mentioned that it had to last until the end of the month. That would be one a day, with one left over. I wanted to get a 6 pack, but they don't have Root Beer in 6 packs. I had him put up his spring wreath on his door before I left. He didn't want a movie put in. He's going to watch a singing group upstairs. 

Tuesday March 17, 2015 

Michael drank all of his Coke already. I showed him on the calendar that he still has until Friday until he can get more. He was ok with that. He said he needed to go to Walgreen's to get some more shave cream. He got out the Walgreen's card and the shave creme card to show me what he needed. He also got out the D.I. card and said he wanted to go there to after we went to Walgreen's. We did his exercises first and some work matching and then went to the store. We bought the one item and he didn't ask for anything else. On the way to D.I. he pointed to Millie's and said he wanted to eat there. We had lunch at Millie's, he wanted to sit outside. It was a nice day :) He had a Coke but didn't finish it all! I think Friday, we will get the smaller cans for him. I had him wear his new four leaf clover hat today, since it is St. Patrick's Day ;)

Friday March 13, 2015

I got to Michael's place just in time for the cook group. He was waiting for me upstairs. he made some pudding and then we went down to work on his exercises. He had a hard time following directions, but got it after a while. He changed his clothes and combed his hair. We talked about his Coke (He's doing pretty good). We updated the calendar for the weekend. I read phrases to Michael and had him give me one word endings. I walked him up to lunch before I left. 

Tuesday March 10, 2015

Even though Michael didn't want to do his exercises today, he did a pretty good job. We worked on his sentences too. He was saying that he was out of Coke and needed to go to the store. I mentioned about his cutting back and told him we could only get 6 this time instead of 12. (Even though the bottles are bigger than the cans, maybe he will get the idea of a smaller amount). Next time, I think we will get the 8 pack, small cans. He even mentioned that he wanted to get those. We picked up some lunch at Crown Burger and then took it over to the park. It was a really nice day and we did some walking over there too. I used one of his calendar's and put when we bought his Coke and the next time we could get it. We'll see how that works. 

Michael was upstairs waiting for me. We haven't gone to a 'cooking' activity for a long time. We hurried really fast and got Michael's exercises done. He did really good, even though we sped through them. We went upstairs and made pudding cups, with pudding, bananas and crushed up cookies. We took it back downstairs and put it in the fridge to set up and then we went upstairs for lunch. He got a new hat today while he was at lunch too :) We went down and worked on the new sentences that I made. I have 3-5 words that make up each sentence and he needs to put the words in order to make the right sentence. Then I have him choose between 3 words (2 wrong words that don't fit and 1 that does) to finish the sentence. He did really good at it :) He walked me out to my car. I told him if we can do his exercises that fast again, we'll have more time to be out on Tuesday :)

Today was really snowy! It was pretty nice in Lake Havasu. I brought Michael a small cowboy boot that he can use for pens, or for whatever he wants. I think he liked it. We worked on exercises before we left, he was anxious to leave. We made a list of some things he needed at the store and then we went over to Walgreen's and then had lunch at Burger King afterwards.