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11/1/2020

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Noa had a great weekend at home. She clearly enjoyed all the Halloween festivities at school. She wore her big, funny glasses and bandana all the home and all through a long ride on the blue stroller. She finally took the glasses off once she was in the house, but she kept the bandana on until bedtime and then wanted to put the bandana on her walker overnight and made sure I understood that she wanted to wear it again on Saturday. She also wanted to wear the same shirt in the morning (a purple shirt with two bird embroidered on it.) She also wanted to spell bandana several times. She was thrilled Saturday morning to find that her bandana was still on her walker, and wore it around her neck all day.

Noa was also very attached to a pair of purple and blue socks that she wore to horsey on Saturday, so much so that she didn't want to take them off when we got home even though they were cold and wet. Ultimately, I convinced her that we should put them in the dryer and then she could wear them later. She even came with me to put them in the dryer and press the start button. 

Saturday night, she told me she wanted the bandana on the walker again, and wanted to wear the blue and purple socks again as well. Unfortunately, I'd neglected to wash her purple shirt Saturday night (though I should have guessed she'd want it again) but she was agreeable - and settled for another shirt - when I told her I'd wash the purple one so she could wear it back to school.

In other news - 
  • Noa asked me how to spell "lips" but when I got to the letter "p" she told me she was finished with "p" (she's done this before, she seems to want me to spell it differently) - we went around on this a few times with her continuing to tell me she was finished with "p."  Usually she eventually just gives up, but this time she started suggesting other letters I could use. She suggested "n." I told her that spelled "lins" - somehow (I don't even remember how) we got to a place where she suggested L-I-S-Y. I told her that spelled "lisy" and she liked that. I said okay, we can say lisy for fun, but I can't change the way we spell lips.
  • Noa also really enjoyed reading her journal for me and especially enjoyed telling me that her favorite class on Thursday was "vegetable." She seemed to get that was funny.​
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A Very Special, Special Olympics

10/12/2020

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Noa had a great long weekend and was in a happy and pretty agreeable (or at least negotiable) mood all weekend.
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Saturday Noa participated in the Special Olympics along with the two other families who train at the same stable. For this special, socially distanced Special Olympics, the participants were all filmed and medals will be awarded and mailed after the judges watch all the videos. Of course, Noa wasn't worried about whether or not she got a medal. She was more interested in participating in a special horsey event, and hanging out on the Amish, foot-pedal swing.  It was one of the first times we've seen her wear a button up shirt and really enjoy it (she enjoyed the triangular collars.) She was also really excited about the jacket and didn't want to take it off.
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On Sunday we spent most of the afternoon on the road. We went leaf-peeping, and then enjoyed a stroller walk on the Northern Rail Trail. For Noa, it was mostly about enjoying having the windows rolled down.  The great victory of the day was that Noa agreed to eat a lunch/dinner combo meal (she is generally agreeable to brunch, but has never agreed to lunch/dinner before.) There was a bit of negotiating - Noa won five pushes on her spinning swing. 
A few other highlights: Noa enjoyed facetiming with Grammy, Uncle Jamie and cousins Electra and Petra on Saturday night and managed to get through all three nights without having an accident (especially impressive because she refused her usual late night potty visit.) 

Noa seemed to be interested in initiating conversations this weekend, and sharing her own ideas (rather than just choosing between, or just flat out rejecting, choices.) For example, on Sunday when I asked her if we could put medicine in her ear she signed , "Later, at school." 

So all-in-all, a very pleasant long weekend.
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