A little piece of heaven

This is today’s update from Mrs. Tischia:

The day started a bit late for us so we combined lunch and snack. For Lunch Nathan had rice cakes soaked in almond milk with a few bites of avacodo.

We did our usual circle time today and added a silk wrapping excercise. I rolled both boys up one by one in the rainbow silk and then slowly unrolled them. I am working on a song for this. We ended with lot’s of swinging time for both Nathan and Daschle.

After circle we got dressed and got in the pool. The water was perfect!!! Nathan was a kicking fool. He wanted to follow Daschle wherever he went and used his ENTIRE body to indicate that to me. We probably spent a good 30 to 40 minutes in the water. When we got out I let them both lie naked on their towels for just a few delicious minutes to let the sun dry them off.

Then I wrapped both boys in their towels and put them at opposite ends of the hammock. They were both very still.

Nathan was asleep within 5 minutes after a brief nature story and leg and foot massage. No protests today.

Our new program is PERFECT for him.

This is an email that Tischia, Nathan’s teacher, sent me last night, about Nathan’s day (I was out most of the morning running errands). She is coming to work with Nathan in the mornings and bringing her son, Daschle, who is about the same age as Nathan:

Nathan had some banana and a little bit if brown rice for a snack.

At circle time Nathan and Daschle both lay down side by side for a little sensory game that starts from their feet and goes up to their head. They both loved it.

We worked with heavy and light. Hot and cold. Smooth and rough. I’m not sure Nathan was really responding to this.

We also did some crawling . I moved his hands and feet. He didn’t complain.

Nathan and Daschle both spent time swinging from side to side and front to back. Nathan held his head high the entire time. When Daschle was swinging, Nathan also lifted his head and laughed over and over.

Nathan was in his chair for no more than 15 minutes at any one time.

Nathan was very relaxed all day and reached for things several times.

He love… love… loves to hear a blessing song before he eats.

Tasha helped me get in the pool with both boys for about 15 minutes.

Daschle and Nathan played peekaboo with Daschle hiding in the towel. Nathan was smiling and making wonderful sounds.

Daschle wrestled with Nathan several times and Nathan loved it.

For lunch Nathan ate some millet with potato, carrot,and zuchini. He at 9 or ten decent size bites.

We read a book at nap time and told a simple nature story. He didn’t cry and fell asleep within ten minutes without music around 12:45pm.

I think he was tired;)

I figured it’d be fun to post every once in a while books that I am reading or going to read. These are the books staring at me on my “to be read” pile on my desk:

Disability is Natural
Why do music conductors live into their 90’s
Breaking the Vicious Cycle
Body Ecology Diet
Healing and Preventing Autism
Becoming Vegan
You are your child’s first teacher
Allergies & Candida
The genius of play
The complete book of Grant Writing
Waldorf Education
How to muscle test
The effective executive in Action

As for enjoyment books, I am currently out. I finished reading everything Diana Gabaldon wrote and am now desperately sad and in need of more good fiction books to read. Any suggestions?