April 04, 2007
Guess who?
Guess who is dressing himself?
Really and truly: underwear + pants + shirt (still working on the socks).
(Here's a hint...it is not Chris...he is already pretty skilled at doing it on his own...including ironing his own shirts. Today I took Simon to school and the first thing he played with was an iron & ironing board. Good training around the Edwards' house.)
Tonight he put on his PJ's without assistance (alright, there was one little hint from Dad on the arm not going through the head-hole).
It rocked.
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That's AWESOME! We're still working on getting dressed independently 100% of the time. Love their independance!
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Way to go, Simon! I think your mom is proud of you! ;)
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beautiful!
good job little man!
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WOW! that is quite an accomplishment. I love hearing about Simons growth and progress. It's fun to see him take on new tasks.
A man who irons is way cool too! :o) http://jolenegeorge.blogspot.com/
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Too cool!
Congrats to Simon (and Mom & Dad)!!!
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That's really great. Congratulations for your little precious one !!
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Happy to celebrate the big accomplishments with you, Chris and Simon! Keep them coming! Love it! Yeah Chris for ironing your shirts. Before I left the house, I taught all my brothers to cook and iron for thmselves.
Hurray for the Edwards' home!
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Good news!
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yeah! now that is some good news! you're tha man Simon!
corinnexxx
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awesome. way to go simon!
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WOOHOO for Simon!!!
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yay, ali!
and it's great to hear that chris can dress himself!
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I would pretend my sons arms were "trains" and the "trains" had to go through the "arm tunnels" it worked so well because he was into trains! good luck!
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Woohoo Simon, you rock little man!
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I think part of the joy in having child with autism is that you don't take anything for granted. Little things to others (like getting dressed by oneself, or taking a shower and washing your own hair) are big things to our guys! We take baby steps and when we succeed....it is a joyful time! The feeling of total elation that your child mastered something that we all take for granted....priceless! Keep up the good work Simon! Check out my blog and see my son perform for the Spring Variety show...a feat no Special Ed student had ever done at this school! I never thought I would see that day! And he has a solo at the Spring concert in May! Great things can and will happen! (scrappergirl.typepad.com) Whoo Hoo to our kids! :)
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good news! Every little step towards independence is a victory!
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Yay for Simon!
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Awesome, so awesome for Simon!
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Simon...that is just awesome!!! You are just doing a great job!!! As your mom..the rest of the world is so super proud of you!!!!
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make sure you watch Oprah today, it's all about Autism...I can't wait to hear what she's gonna say! :)
I'm so excited he got dressed that's so cool :)
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woohooo way to go Simon!!!!
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congratulations, simon!
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WoW! Big Steps! I was so impressed with his speech in the video of him singing. Keep up the great work around there!
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Isn't it so awesome when they finally can do it themselves? And yeah for the ironing board.....if you run out of things to iron, come on over :) Great job, Simon!
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