Saturday, December 5, 2009

braggin'

Ralph likes to imitate...well, everyone doing everything! He slips into my chair as fast as lightening and starts clicking on my computer mouse! He sneaks into the laundry room to start a load. So when Leroy was drawing yesterday, Ralph wanted to color, too.


He chose a pencil to begin with. I was pretty impressed with his ability to hold it. I took about 25 photos trying to get a good view of his pencil grip.

What intense concentration! You know, children with Down Syndrome often have difficulty with hand strength and holding a pencil can be challenging. I used hand over hand technique to help him draw and name different shapes.

Now, moving on to the purple crayon.

More imitation! Ralph put on Leroy's socks and shoes. The he grabbed his play purse and started throwing me kisses. (That means good-bye!)


I need to brag about Chipper for a minute. He had his first wrestling meet of the season today. He brought home this massive 4th place medal.


I've never seen anything like it! It's heavy. You could hurt someone with it. Wow.


1 comments:

Lacey said...

Those last couple of pictures he's holding the pencil perfectly. Such a big boy!