The Great Outdoors

This past weekend we received (we only had to pay for the supplies) a new backyard fence. It is fantastic. Now we no longer have to look into our neighbors yard when we are outside. Ben absolutely loves being outdoors and has loved that I will take him out there now. Yesterday, he and I were looking out his bedroom window into the backyard and he began signing please over and over. I asked if he wanted to go outside and he about knocked me over jumping into my lap.


This afternoon I took him out after lunch and after some good playing he ate his first snack on a picnic table we bought last fall at a World Impact yard sale.


His signing has really taken off lately. He uses them very well. He has a runny nose right now and hasn't been eating as well at meals which means he is hungry at times I am not usually expecting him to be hungry. He has been able to sign hungry so I know what he wants. He also knows the signs for please, thank you (newest one), all done and more. Whenever he wants something he uses a sign. The hard part is trying to decide what that sign means. Sometimes more means he wants more to eat or more play time or more _____ (who knows!).