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November 2006

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6/23/31 - 2/18/07

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A trip to the zoo

The weather was beautiful today, so I decided the kids and I would head to the MN Zoo. Although Kayleigh decided to sleep in today, we did make it to the bird show this morning. It is the first time the kids have watched the show and they really enjoyed it.

Then we ventured over to the farm at the zoo and went through most of the barns. Keaton made it known that the barns were stinky by plugging his nose most of the time.

After we saw the wolves, tiger and moose we decided to have lunch and a snack before hitting the next show. The kids enjoyed talking to the zoo volunteer that was near our table; he had all of the tiger touch and feel items.

From there we went to Discovery Bay where they have the tide pool, touch pool, dolphins and sharks. Keaton was even able to touch a corn snake! (shiver) We went to the dolphin show again today and it was awesome. Keaton was a little freaked out that the dolphins were spilling water into the walkway. He kept saying, "water" and "spill".

On our way home we stopped at Barnes and Noble to pick up a much needed sign language book in the hopes we can help Keaton "talk" better. He had his first speech session last week and next week the therapist will be here again. He said "chicken" really well for her and we have continued to use that word, but he still does not put two words together. He waits between words for us to respond and then says another word. He uses his hands and his own gestures to communicate most of the time, so hopefully teaching him some universal sign language will help him communicate better with others until we can get grow his vocabulary. Today when the dolphins would spin in the water, he would stand up and spin trying to tell me what they were doing.