READING-
Caelan absolutely LOVES books. He always has- from the time he was a baby, we would read to him and then he got his 'own' first books when he was about a year old. (Peek-a-Who and a book called Cats with a lot of pull tabs, etc- both of which he still has and looks at). He has always spent tons of time reading and looking at books.
We did some of the "Your Baby Can Read" videos and flashcards with him for a while until all of the other stuff (SPD, Autism) came up and our time and focus shifted. But he still poured himself into his books. We have often wondered if he was actually able to read anything- he didn't communicate so many things for so long that we wouldn't have known. Well.... we have recently discovered that can INDEED read quite a bit. He will ask us about something he sees and the only way he could have known what it was is to have read the associated words. Then a couple of days ago at lunch with a friend- he was looking at her baby's flip book of words and pictures... then came to the page that just had words on it and went down the list of 15-18 words and read them off. Or he will pick up a book that he has never seen before and read several of the words in it.
So all that being said- here are two videos of him reading. I will admit that both of these books are also being read by rote memory. We have read both of these to him a lot. But if I were to pull some of those words out of the book and show him, he WOULD recognize them. Either way... they are sweet videos to watch.
From August 2012 and January 2013
The top one is from August 2012, the lower one is from January 2013. Also notice how much his speech improved in SIX MONTHS! Amazing to look back over all these videos and see the difference- we don't notice how drastic the change is because we are with him every day. Praise God for how far he has come!!
SINGING-
I have one of him singing Jingle Bells from last year but not this year which was equally as fun to listen to! I wish we could remember what it was he said this year in the lyrics- it was funny and we never corrected him. Apparently didn't video it either.
Then here he is singing Veggie Tales theme song- August 2012 and March 2012 (pretty old)
MINI-GOLF at the Cherry Bowl Drive-In (June 2012)
JACK-in-the-BOX
..... or Caelan in a hamper
(Feb 2013)
DANCING
I do have a couple of him dancing- the first two are from Feb 2013 and are pretty similar. Both of them are of him dancing "with" Curious George on TV. He really liked to do this over and over and over again. And the part where Caelan bends over and puts one leg in the air- that's when Curious George is doing a handstand while dancing.
The other one was while he was dancing at Worship practice- of course he had pretty much stopped by the time I started videoing him. And our music doesn't really sound that "off"!! It is coming through the stage monitors instead of house and it's in the gym.
AAANNNDDDD.....
Last but not least- we pray with Caelan each night at bedtime and have said the Lord's Prayer with him every night since he was a baby. This is another one of those things that we knew he knew but he couldn't verbalize for a while. It was such an awesome moment when he did start saying it regularly! We usually say prayers while in bed but we took this video with the lights on and in his recliner because it was something for church. April 24, 2013
I DO have one of him laughing that I took a couple of weeks ago- but at this very second, my file thingy on the computer (where files and pics are) just locked up so I can't even access it.
It's been a busy start to summer- his FIFTH Birthday! The Cherry Festival and parades, hanging out with friends.
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