lewis lately

Lewis has some new interests, as usual! He has gotten super obsessed with tennis, of all things. He saw some people playing at Keriekes park, and since then has started playing with real rackets (though he doesn't really swing and hit the ball.....he will bounce it to his partner and let them hit it to him). He likes to play Wii tennis, and Wii golf too. He mostly likes hitting the golf balls into the various bodies of water on the Wii. He can play well if he wants to here or there, but generally likes playing badly!


Apparently some of the tennis players he has seen also wear sunglasses, so he has begun wearing various pairs of glasses lately too. He looks pretty ridiculous in most of them, but it's funny to see him "pretending" in this way.

We had a big meeting at school to plan for kindergarten next year. Our team has worked up an IEP for him that includes an instructional assistant, extended lunches, and help from a feeding team to help him expand his food reportoire (which is extremely limited due to sensory issues). We are really relieved that he will have so much support because he is doing great academically, but socially needs a lot of help. Having an assistant to help him transition throughout the day and interact better with peers should make a huge difference! It will be an adjustment going all day, but he should enjoy some of the extras like music, art and computer class.

The boys have started watching the Bounce videos again from Spectrum Connections and I caught Lewis dancing to the music from these "movies" the other day. Enjoy!