{Fun...and lots of it!}

We've been having a few beautiful days here and there and we've been having some really yucky ones. We made the best of both! We took Jonas to the Port Discovery Museum in Baltimore last Friday. It was lots of fun! Jonas had a great time and was VERY worn out when we got home.

Its safe to say the "Water Works" room was his favorite. He loves water and I think he could have stayed in this room all night.

Blocks + Water= One Happy Jonas Boy!

Here he is standing in the train car. It had a whistle that the kids were blowing, and it was loud...very loud. He didn't know what it was at first and was a little scared.

A giant Light-Bright in the Tot Trails room kept him entertained for a while. He mostly carried the light pegs around. This is from his Autism as well. Constantly carrying something around with him gives him a sense of safety and security since often, Autistic children don't have sense of their bodies and its surroundings. We have differing opinions about wether to let him hold objects, or to take them away. We haven't decided which route we will take with that challenge quite yet.

Evidence that he really did have a fun time. I would take him back again and again. (Especially on the $2 Friday nights!)

We also took Jonas and his friend, Barrick, to the Adventure Park in Germantown last week. Its a VERY big playground and after a little warming up...the boys had fun. Look how hard Jonas had played-his little cheeks are red, red, red! It was pretty warm that day though.

Jonas, Devin, and Barrick (Devin surprised us and stayed home on Monday...so fun to have a Dad day!)

Dad and Jonas (AKA BFF's)

We also got Jonas' official diagnosis this week. He is indeed on the Autism spectrum. He presents as a mild to moderate case. We were in no way surprised to hear his results. It was, in fact, a relief to learn a little bit about what is coming in our future-although children change. It was great to hear that we are doing just about exactly what the Dr. would recommend and that Jonas is showing great progress from the services he is getting. What a relief to know that he is healthy, happy, and that someday this life will not be a challenge for him. That someday he will be perfected-we all will. Devin and I joke all the time that everyone is probably a little Autistic because everyone has their little quirks-some are just a little more obvious or severe. Jonas is still perfect to me-don't get me wrong...he's a stinker sometimes...but he's our stinker..and we're so blessed to call him ours.