David Weekly, V3 - 2

I'm sorry I didn't put this out last week. I feel that I have writer's block, and as a result I've been having trouble getting myself to record what's going on with David.

We're back in a normal routine: getting up, going to school, coming home from work/school/daycare...

This week, he asked me what's under the road. He also asks me other interesting questions about the world. I'm impressed to report that David has learned that the sunrise/sunset is merely the earth turning. And then he asks me why the earth turns. I explained that science doesn't know why, just that it does, and that the earth goes around the sun. Related to this, David was telling me that he likes all 4 of the seasons. I've not told him that the seasons are related to the earth's trip around the sun.

He's stayed with aunt and cousins at various points over the last two weeks. He really enjoys spending time with them. We all celebrated Avery's birthday at Mimi's house. And a good time was had by all.

In a related behavior note, he's beginning to get the message about not fighting at school, since he's telling me how didn't fight John-Robert (his nemesis at school) on a given day. David is also turning into a bit of chatterbox! He tells me all about his day, and his theories on life. He also mentioned again how he wants to have 10 fingers. I just said, yeah, it's hard when you're different...I'm going to have to get some more guidance on dealing with this aspect of his body and self concept as it relates. I'll need to schedule his Shriner's appointment now, and hope I get it for June.

And we spent some time where he asked me to write the word Saturday. When I wrote it out, he objected that it wasn't spelled right, because it didn't sound like the way it was spelled. We eventually settled on "SA-er day". I explained about the "T" missing from the middle, since he tends to not say the middle parts of words, so he's now making more effort to say the middles of words. I also like that he is getting used to the "er" combination being the "r" sound.

The first weeks of January saw record low temperatures. In fact, at one point, the temperature as reported on one of my weather related applications, was 19º F. Florida experienced a record number of days below 60º as the high temperature, and a few days never got higher than 50º. The lows were usually in the mid to upper 20's, which is very very very unusual for this state. As the week got warmer last week, David actually got colder. The temperature as I compose this letter is 61º, and the high today was 75º. David went to school today in shorts. Of course, when it was cold, he was dressed warmly.

David plays with his dinosaur board, and puts the same dinosaurs on the board as he has in little figurines, which are about the same size.

Of his Christmas toys, he likes his scooter the best, since he rides it back and forth through the house, and outside on every opportunity. When he's going back and forth in the house, I'm reminded of the kid in the movie "The Shining" except that he doesn't have his finger talking to him about "red rum", and his father isn't going slowly insane. :-)

David had a doctor appointment followup last Friday, and while his ear is better, it seems to still have some infection. We have a followup visit scheduled for March, and the doctor told me that if his ear starts to hurt again, to let her know ASAP.

We're also enjoying the many new books for bed time reading that Santa brought for Christmas.

David tells me he hates babies. I ask him why, and he says, "Because they're really little. I hate little things." He does just fine around Jesse's little 4 month old baby, so I don't know what's going on with that. Maybe nothing?

I submitted the application for school choice, with Temple Terrace Elementary as my 2nd choice, and Lewis Elementary as my 1st choice. His default school, Folsom, is an A school as of last year, but its record before that is spotty. Separately, he went on a field trip to Chuck - E - Cheeses, and reminds me of it alot! He's concerned about being the strongest kid at his school, relative to his friends.

As usual, I am forgetting so much, and wishing I could write it all down. But that's some highlights from the last two weeks. See you next week.