{"id":13732,"date":"2014-03-03T21:48:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T04:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/?p=13732"},"modified":"2014-03-03T21:48:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T04:48:11","slug":"year-3-week-19-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/2014\/03\/03\/year-3-week-19-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 3 – Week 19 – Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was not bad for a Monday. I have come to realize that the best chance for a peaceful day is to take away all of the toys. The boys play very nicely together when the activities don’t involve any possessions.
\nLike this morning, we made a giant mountain using almost every pillow in the house. They climbed, rolled, fell, jumped, bounced, stacked and played for hours.
\nWe went in to the toy room and dumped a bucket of trucks, and it was a screaming fight for specific trucks.
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Then we went outside to do yardwork. There were a few battles over lawnmowers, but Brendan really likes to push the cart.
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Reminder to always check the swing before using it!
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We try to keep Brendan settled during his feeding times, so I put the boys in high chairs and turn on a TV show or movie. I asked Trevor what he wanted to watch and he said, “No movie!”
\nI suggested a few things he likes and he said, “No movie!!!”
\nI figured he wanted down, I said, “I will just turn the TV off.”
\nTrevor gives me a glare and with a roll of his eyes says “GNOME. MOVIE.”
\nThey love the lawnmower racing scenes in Gnomeo and Juliet. Of course. I felt like an idiot!<\/p>\n

Brendan had speech therapy today. The hardest part is getting him to engage with his therapists. He likes to pretend they are not there. A sensory activity that his OT suggested is DIY foam soap. It is just a few tablespoons of dish soap and a 1\/4 cup of water and then blended. The longer you mix, either with a hand mixer, immersion blender, or food processor, the more stiff and dense the foam is. We tried it tonight and got Trevor started. He LOVED it. I hoped Brendan would want to copy and join in.
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Trevor says, “Here you go, Brendan”
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I now have clean appliances
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Brendan was NOT interested
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Trevor helped with cleanup
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Here’s a cute little montage of the day’s activities.
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