I think the segment of the video from Fawn Island with the cookie finally starts to shed a little light on what living with Ian has been like lately in terms of communication. There is banter. And although each sentence may not make sense, I can almost always see what he’s going for, because he’s frankly very good at expressing himself. (Sometimes maybe a little too good.)
Anyway, here’s a big ol’ video again, this one has some great bits to it, and I’ve provided subtitles.
One quick note: Hard to see because of the compression in the video, but Ian hands his mommy a flower there at the end, and his face is priceless when he turns around with a proud smile… but again, hard to make out at this size/quality.
On Monday, the 27th, Ian and I went to a local park… upon getting ready to leave, I told Ian to beware of the very hot car, which had been baking in the sun. Ian got inside and said “Iss not too bad.”
When I then suggested that perhaps our next destination could be the bookstore, he said “Less go bookstore. Thassa good idea.”
Here’s some pictures that have accumulated since the Fawn Island trip:
On the 21st, Ian outside playing in his water-table, a cool toy given to us by our neighbors. See this image larger.
Just yesterday at the park, Ian traces out nonsensical lines in the dirt… Heeeey wait a minute… It almost looks like he’s trying to write something. Nah. See this image larger.
Alright, so now that we have streaming video going on, I’ve got a 20MB video lined up for you. Please let me know if you have any problems watching it.
This is a sort of play-by-play of the video explaining a few funny bits:
Ian – “I’m on a boat!” “Ride.” “Good ride onna boat.”
(I’m learning to lower the volume for the boat scenes… 75% works nicely.)
During the portion of the video with the cookie, Melissa had given Ian just a bite of cookie for finishing some part of his meal… the video starts with Ian having completed the entire meal, and so he’s now asking for “the whole big cookie.” This is a lot of what he’s like lately. You can talk to him, and generally he’s got a response, and it makes sense. I love when he says “sure” and his laugh at the end — almost a little sugar-crazed.
I believe it was Saturday night when Ian talked Grampa Dave into a boat ride one step at time. It started with a walk, and then a quick trip back in for his life jacket, then a visit down near the boardwalk. And then “wanna go there” to the dock. Then get in boat. (At each of these steps, Grampa Dave would purposely not take the hint… or only advance the process one tiny step, forcing Ian to make additional “subtle” suggestions.) Then Grampa Dave sit here, Ian get in over here. And so on… finally he said “make it go” and “turn it on!”
“Grampa Dave, get my shov-el.”
And yes we fixed his hat there at the end.
We had an excellent time! Looking forward to coming back really soon! (This weekend maybe?)
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Baseball Rules
I think the segment of the video from Fawn Island with the cookie finally starts to shed a little light on what living with Ian has been like lately in terms of communication. There is banter. And although each sentence may not make sense, I can almost always see what he’s going for, because he’s frankly very good at expressing himself. (Sometimes maybe a little too good.)
Anyway, here’s a big ol’ video again, this one has some great bits to it, and I’ve provided subtitles.
Click here to see the video.
One quick note: Hard to see because of the compression in the video, but Ian hands his mommy a flower there at the end, and his face is priceless when he turns around with a proud smile… but again, hard to make out at this size/quality.
Random
On Monday, the 27th, Ian and I went to a local park… upon getting ready to leave, I told Ian to beware of the very hot car, which had been baking in the sun. Ian got inside and said “Iss not too bad.”
When I then suggested that perhaps our next destination could be the bookstore, he said “Less go bookstore. Thassa good idea.”
Here’s some pictures that have accumulated since the Fawn Island trip:
Fawn Island, July Trip, Part III
Alright, so now that we have streaming video going on, I’ve got a 20MB video lined up for you. Please let me know if you have any problems watching it.
Click here to watch the video.
This is a sort of play-by-play of the video explaining a few funny bits:
We had an excellent time! Looking forward to coming back really soon! (This weekend maybe?)