To celebrate this moment, here are the news I emailed you last week about Duch:
"- On Saturday morning, all of the sudden, I see Tony chasing Duchis downstairs trying to tickle her; she is running smiling; he catches her and tickles her; she laughs and laughs and starts running away; he laughs and chases her; she grabs him by the waist; he laughs and keeps running; she tells me "he is tickling" ... it was very sweet and just amazing to watch!
- On Saturday at noon I take Duchis to The Little Gym to observe a class with 4-5 year old girls. I had already visited the place this week and they told me the class has 8 girls and one of the girls is also recovering from autism and does great in the class. Duch was a little bit nervous, but she liked the place. She participated a bit, she observed a lot, and she said she will come back next Saturday! The teachers at the Little Gym were super welcoming!! Almost surprisingly welcoming given all the times that I have been told that my kids are not ready and are not welcomed to be at a certain school/place... In contrast, these gym teachers were telling me to keep bringing her because the other girl also took time to get used but she is now super used to the class! So, this will be a new challenge for Duch! Every Saturday 12-1pm, Duch will be going to the Little Gym. Send her all your positive energy so that she gets used to the routine quickly.
- On Saturday afternoon, Mary brought her niece, Emma, to play with Duch. They played CandyLand. I observed through the camera. I thought Duch as a bit distracted with the potato chips (snack for the group) and ran a bit around and talked some scripts memorized. But, she came all the time when it was her turn and she won! I could only see Duch's back, but Mary said that Duch kept looking at Emma a lot. Then when I was chatting with Mary downstairs, Duch started to come smiling and would run into Emma and push her, then laugh and look at us and tell us: "that was funny"! It was a bit rough, but it was what she sees Tony doing sometimes: run around in a silly way and then kind of push her. Thanks God, Emma was patient, since Duch kept looking at her smiling and then running to her to push her and then run away. It was exciting to see the attention she was giving to Emma, since in the past she would have just ignored her and gone her way.
- Today, Duch spent time with Tony and me doing legos in Tony's room, and later on she went with Jordan and Tony to play musical missions and to read fairy tales in a "fort" with a flashlight while it was raining outside. The sessions with Tony are part of the weekend routine for her now!"
You may ask yourself, what about THIS week?
This are Duch's great moments of the week:
- Went to see Peter Pan, her first theater show! She did well. She was tired after 7 hours of therapy that day, but remained calm and attentive.
- Went to story time + craft time at the Manvel library with Kaffie. Did great and participated in dancing time with the other kids, observing them a lot.
- Went to The Little Gym again. She did not participate with teh whole group, yet, but was in teh class all teh time observing, and getting familiar with the teachers and teh equipment. She said she is coming back next week! The teachers have a plan to slowly invite her to participate with teh whole group.
- Played with Shelby and Tony with the Legos, and also played with Kaffie and Tony with painting.
- Is very comfortable with Tony, sitting with him, answering his questions about Legos, imitating him, and sharing things with him.
The best part of this process is that I get to see it again with Liam, when he is ready :)
Cheers to the princess of the house!
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