Green Water Guns

Rather than going out and buying water guns this summer, why not take the greener approach and use a recycled water bottle?  Simply take a knife and poke a hole in the lid of the water bottle.

Benefits:

-Does not cost any money if you have some empty ones lying around.
-Easier to refill
-Makes the fight equal, since everyone will have the same type gun
-Wastes less water because you can easily fill in a bucket or butt it up to the faucet with out wasting
-You can still recycle the bottles after.

They do tend to deflate the more they are squeezed, but you can easier blow air in the bottle to reform the shape.  Simple summer family fun with out buying some toy that will end up in a landfill, where a bottle is easily recycled.

THINK GREEN AND SAVE GREEN!

SDRC

We are at our psych eval at San Diego Regional Center. Javi has one
every couple of years. Pretty much to see if it's time to cut off his
services. Well, I think he needs them now more than ever, but we'll
see what happens. Javi's sensory needs have been overwhelming lately.
He needs input just about every 5-10 mins as compared to a few months
ago only needing it once an hour. He is showing much more classic
autistic behaviors as he gets older. I am not sure if something
changes in his brain as he ages or if just the demands and
responsibilites change, this is his coping technique. It could be a
combination of the two. I am going to investigate treatment options
for his sensory needs. He already does OT at school and has a sensory
diet, but these days that just isn't enough.

Hope all goes well. Javi just went back for the first part of the
eval. To be continued...

Javi Wars Drawings

I'm drawing out the design for a game called Javi Wars. These are all my plans for the game. I have been drawing pictures for two weeks. These drawings are just a couple of them.

Yosemite Trip

www.flickr.com We're home! Had a great time on our trip.  alphastatedotnet's Yosemite Trip photoset

Javi of the Jungle

SD Zoo, originally uploaded by alphastatedotnet.

I just love this picture of Javi. He really enjoyed the Bonobos. We must have watched them for over 30 minutes. It was nice to take a rest. They were really cute. Javi got out his notepad and took his "zoo notes" on the Bonobos. They were wrestling around with each other. I think Javi could really identify with this, since that is pretty much all he does with his brother :)

Yosemite Trip

We are going to take another trip as soon as the kids get out of
school. We booked a little cottage in Mariposa (where my sis lives)
just outside of Yosemite National Park. We are pretty excited about
seeing everyone and also getting to see the beautiful park. We are
going to take a real live steam train ride (my little engineers are
thrilled about that part) and we are just going to hang out and relax.
We are going to see the giant sequoias, the beautiful waterfalls and
nature. I got the boys some little lanterns so we can take some night
time nature walks. I loaded up on the all natural bug repellant for
that :)

I have some pics of the cottage we booked courtesy of their website.
They boys are excited about the pool. It is supposed to be in the
upper 80's while we are there.

Behavior Battery

Javi's new behavior mod tool. We are finally starting that new system
that I had talked about a while back. We had kinda put things on hold
for a while, since we have had too much irregularity in our schedule
lately. We are also getting ready to transition to a new behavior mod
consultant. Today is our last consult with our current consultant.
We are looking forward to a fresh perspective, since new ideas when it
comes to shaping behavior are always welcome.