Sleep, Med Withdrawals, Doctors, and Other Not So Fun Stuff

Things have been pretty crazy around here lately. Getting blog posts up hasn't been making it to my priority list so we are again falling behind. Junior started sleeping nearly constantly so we went to doctors appts. and tried to get that figured out. One of his sleep meds was stopped so we are dealing with med withdrawals from that. His ankle which he sprained back in mid June started swelling again so it was rechecked and xrays were done(all is fine). Life is certainly never dull around here.

We did the intro to Junior's new school unit on camping/summer time but haven't done much more. Please visit Junior's regular blog for more on our crazy days.
In true Junior form he always finds moments of happiness and reasons to smile.
Here he was making a tackle box to use during math in our camping unit. A very sleepy but smiling boy.
The last couple weeks his ipad has been there to get him through the many doctors appts and stress. It really helps him stay calm and distracted when he can watch his tv programs, listen to a story, or play a game. It is also a huge help to have him able to communicate with me during these difficult moments.

Happy 4th Of July

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!


Here is Junior using his ipad while we work on his 4th of July craft.
Letting me know I am helping too much
Showing off his finished craft

Relaxing with a movie and his toys


Friday afternoon we checked out the app we are reviewing for A4cwsn . This app is called Treasure Kai and Junior was very impressed. It did have some things that could have been improved upon such as interaction. Junior kept wanting help touching the screen to get things to move or make sounds but only a few things did. He also got a bit frustrated when the treasure chests were too small for him to show me the one he wanted. Even with that said the story was great and was totally age appropriate for him even though it was very simple to use and follow. The little boy in the story looks about Junior's age so it was easy for him to get caught up in the story and excited about what was happening. I loved watching Junior's expressions change during each part of the story.
The little boy turned invisible to get where he needed to go. Junior thought this part was absolutely hysterical.
Mr. serious when the skeleton popped out.