Sunday, August 24, 2008

Making Stuff





My crayons were chewed and broken up. They were falling apart. Today, we recycled them and made new crayons. We peeled off the labels, broke them into little pieces and placed them into a mini muffin pan. Then we baked them at 265 degrees for 8 minutes. Afterwards, we froze them for 30 minutes. As you can see, the finished product is easy for me to hold and cool to look at. My old crayons are new again!


Yesterday, I had Conductive Education with Jake. It was our first session together. We both learned from each other. We had to parallel play and take turns with Zsuzsi. First, we did some floor exercises, sitting, laying on our backs. Then we held onto the ladder and walked/stepped across the room. We also climbed up and rolled down the ramp, stood with our backs against the wall and little support in front, and passed rings to each other from a face down position on an exercise ball. For for the grand finale, we stepped across the room together. I was holding onto an aluminum walked and Jake was in his gait trainer. My parents and his parents were there and everyone was impressed at how our stepping almost appeared simultaneous. They had never seen us step so well. We definitely encouraged each other to reach a whole new level. After an hour and forty-five minutes, we were both ready for lunch and a nap. See ya next Saturday Jake!

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