A Busy Day

Simon had another hearing evaluation this week, which was good in that it was consistent with his BAER exam; it showed that he does not hear anything other than airplane-type frequencies, and hopefully will help us take another step forward towards cochlear implants. He will have two more exams at the end of the month, and then we'll see where we are then.

Simon had a great weekend - on Saturday morning, we visited Thad, Amy, and Charlotte at their new apartment in downtown Seattle. Thad made some cinnamon pancakes, and Simon enjoyed playing with Charlotte and jumping on their couch. Charlotte was a terrific sharer, and the kids had a fun time together coloring. After his nap, Tara took Simon to Green Lake for a walk with her friend Jenny, and the kids played at the Green Lake playground. After dinner, we went to the U-Village playground for some sliding time. We got home just in time to help celebrate Buster's 3rd birthday. Tara made him Carrot Pupcakes, which Simon watched him eat with great interest.

On Sunday, we went to the pier and took the Water Taxi to West Seattle. It was Simon's first boat ride; he was more interested in going up and down the stairs than looking out at the water, but we still had fun. We stopped at the Seattle Center on the way back, and he carried around a big stick and watched the workers setting up the amusement rides. We went back home, and Simon helped me in the garden and smelled some tulips - I think it was the first time he's smelled a flower. He had his nap, and then we met my teaching friend Andrew at the Edmonds playground, along with his kids (Alyssa - 7, Rebecca - 5, Eli - 18 months). Simon hit it off with Eli pretty well, and they played on the slides and tubes for a good hour.

Easter 2010

We had a great weekend, after a tough week. Simon had a really bad flu bug - he couldn't keep anything down all week, and had to go the hospital on Tuesday to get some fluid through an IV. We learned that squirting Gatorade through a syringe works pretty good for making him drink when he doesn't want to, and today his stomach finally settled. So we took him to Easter brunch at Salty's! He ate a whole bunch of silver dollar pancakes, some waffle, and several doughnuts. Then, we went to the playground and he played on the slide for an hour. After his nap, we went to the Seattle Center, where he played on another slide for around an hour, and made friends with a little boy who was the same age, visiting from Vancouver, BC. They played with Legos for a while, and then went down the slide again and again - Simon was in heaven.