Morgan only screamed on the way in, which was nice, and was generally quiet in his stroller the rest of the time (except the animals part, which he still was having no part of). Timothy, on the other hand, was captain daring! First he played two games, for which he won a stuffed dog with a red sox outfit on that made him very happy. Then he decided he wanted to go on the merry go round, which he did happily. He picked the horse he wanted, one that went up and down (which I warned him about) and as I stood there next to him, he gleefully waved at Josh and Morgan as he rode! When it stopped, he said he wanted to go again.
I asked if he'd like to look for another ride first and he agreed to that. So next there was a mini-train thing that went in about a 1 a foot oval track at a pace even Morgan could outrun, but he got on all by himself after waiting patiently in line, let the lady buckle him in, and waved around every turn! Next he decided to get a little braver and try the cars that go round and round, but at a much quicker pace. Again, he went by himself and let the lady strap him in. The ride started with quite a lunge and I was sure that would be the end of it, but he got over it in 0.3 seconds and grabbed the steering wheel and pretended to drive. "Watch this mommy!" he screamed as he came around, leaning into the steering wheel and driving wildly. I was so proud I almost cried.
I tried to get him into the animal area, which he was not into, but put up with for about 2 minutes since I told him then we could go on another ride. I got him to watch a little girl that was going for a pony ride, but she got scared and wouldn't go on the pony, so that wasn't the best choice. So he wasn't going for the pony ride, and didn't like the big fire dalmation in the costume, or the fire truck itself, but he did brave the port-a-potty, which was definately the scariest ride there. After that he dragged me back to the rides and wanted to go on the tilt-a-whirl! "Are you sure?" I said. He was sure, so on we went, and we even spun around, and he loved it.
By then Morgan had had enough (it was quite warm out yesterday and Timothy had been sick and Morgan was starting to get it), so we went home. Timothy asked me to carry him to the car, which is very unusual, so he was plenty tired. He rode home with his stuffed dog and a soda, and a big smile. "That was fun, Mommy, we had fun." Yes, yes we did.
Morgan has learned how to work the pictures on the fridge. At his therapist's suggestion, we put up pictures of a cup, milk, yogurt, etc etc and the theory is he'll take what he wants and give it to Josh, and get the actual item in return. He's caught on quite quickly, and has been ordering up a storm today. He's started saying more words, like Mandy and book and sings to himself all the time. He reads books where he babbles as he turns each page and then claps for himself when he's done.
Josh had the boys in the doctor's office last week waiting for the doctor to fill out Timothy's pre-school form and Morgan was doing his usual laps around the chairs, eye-ing the new baby in the carrier with each turn, so Josh was eyeing Morgan. Josh isn't as quick as he used to be, obviously, because Morgan went right over to the baby and (gently) touched him on the face. Josh lept and grabbed him back, fearing the mother must have been appauled (especially in a doctor's office where he could be sick with any number of things!). I thought it was a cute story, but Josh was horribly embarassed.
I guess that's about it from here.
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