Jumpy House

Yesterday I took Ayden Jane along with Mckenna and 2 other friends to 'Leaps-n-Bounce'. We had the whole place to ourselves! It is a place with several bouncy castles, slides and playgrounds. They are all the inflated ones like you find at outdoor events. They jumped thier hearts out for 2 hours. Ayden Jane had a great time and definitely got a work out. She bounced and climbed and slid and threw balls... I was impressed that she was able to stay up (for a little while) with the other kids jumping. She has been in these before, but had trouble with stability and fell a LOT. Definitely a good place to take her for some extra therapy.

We stopped at chik fil a on the way home and not only did she eat chicken and fruit, but she played more in the play place. We came home in time to squeeze in a nap before it was off to horses. She kept up the energy and enjoyed riding Mindy. I guess this is what I mean by having a great summer. Go, go, go...

At the end of the day, I try to get Ayden Jane to talk about her day. I see if she remembers what she did or the words for what we did that was new and exciting. Her summary, "I like the jumpy house mommy."

We had PT today. We have been working on getting Ayden Jane to use her hips with 'opening and closing her legs'. It was hilarious a couple weeks ago when we first tried to get her to stand and use a straight leg to 'kick' a ball sideways. She immediately used a sort of karate kick, but just could NOT make the motion Jen was looking for. She backed up a bit and had AJ sit on the floor with her back against a wall so she couldn't 'cheat' and open and close her legs. At first it was funny to watch her little brain try so hard to figure out which muscles to work. With a bit of cuing and then some practice, she got it but still had to really think about it. Next it was standing to shift weight to one leg and 'open' the other with an air split so there was no 'cheating'. Improvement. This week we moved to trying to shuffle sideways across the room. It was HARD for AJ. So many new weight shifts and muscles to trigger at the right times... She did okay I guess, but I think it makes her brain work as hard as her muscles! Next was going from high kneel to half kneel and back... Jen is working to prep her for some rotational stuff. She did really well with this, but the combination of such hard work sent her running for me and BIG SQUEEZES. She wanted smooshed all over. Funny little sensory system.