Last Week of School for 2020, INI Visit, and Zooms

This week we went to visit our friends at INI and it was Theo's last week of school before the winter break!

On Monday, December 14th, Theo and I headed down to the Illinois Neurological Institute in Peoria so Theo could get his two stitches removed. The stitch from the EVD came out easily, but the one on the back of his head was a little stubborn. But we got them out and Theo was fine.

During the rest of the week, Theo worked on his school activities and participated in his school Zooms.

We made a Santa mask and I needed to take a picture of Theo with it for school. He was clearly not amused!

[Food play with Fruit Loops and Cinnamon Toast Crunch]

]Theo will roll almost completely to the right, but he won't put that right ear to the ground]

[Getting ready to play games on Zoom]

[It was "white day" so Theo wore white and shared his white toys with his class]

[Working hard at OT with Ms. Laura]

[Our kind neighbors continue to spread the Christmas cheer (aka sugar) with us!]

Theo has a lot of cool special needs devices, but this Squeezie Seat is pretty awesome! It gives Theo a little squeeze, which is good for sensory, and he is able to sit nicely and hold his head up.

On Thursday, December 17th, Theo's school got to participate in a reptile show! It was so fun to see all the snakes, lizards, turtles, and frogs. Even after Theo went down for his nap I continued to watch the show until the spiders came out. The nice man warned us ahead of time, so I shut the Zoom off just before he brought out the tarantula. No thanks!

We made "Reindeer Food" and "Grinch Dust" for one of Theo's activities. We are going to sprinkle them on our yard on Christmas Eve!

[Having a chat with dad while sitting in the Squeezie]

Theo had his final school Zoom on Friday, December 18th. He will go back to e-learning on January 4th and will go back to in person school on January 19th *fingers crossed*

Josh bought an Amazon Fire TV Stick and we put one of Theo's favorite YouTube videos on the big TV. He was VERY excited!

[Got my VOGM face mask! It's very comfortable!]

[Being silly!]

I didn't want Theo to regress at all during the Christmas break, so I asked his OT and teacher to give us some extra assignments. His OT suggested playing with Play Doh as much as possible. Theo doesn't like it, but he's tolerating it more and more.

And we made cookies!

[I REALLY NEED THIS!]

I hope you all have a great Holiday Season!