Building Block Fun

The only toys that Bobby really PLAYS with are building blocks.  He particularly loves his Magna Tiles, which have magnets inside of them so they stick together well.  However, he doesn't build things the way typical kids do.  He, instead, plays with them "Bobby Style," meaning he lines them up.  He does this in a way that makes you know that his brain works in mysterious ways.  He spends hours getting these "masterpieces" built and generally does so with a smile on his face.

I bet that you didn't know that you were supposed to stand these blocks end to end instead of clicking them together!!  Sorry Daddy, I didn't mean to get you in the picture.  He's getting some time on the iPad since Bobby put it down.

You try cooking and/or cleaning in this kitchen and try not to knock every block over.  Extreme Challenges In Cooking!!!!

He likes a lot of the same shape when he plays.  He throws the triangle and large square Magna Tiles to the side, since there are only a few of them.

The arches are from a train set he got for Christmas a couple of years ago.  They are used as bridges in the train set up.  He only has 6 and can put them in some amazing configurations (obviously not in this picture), but if you ever see anything like this for sale anywhere not in a train set, or anything kind of similar, please let me know...he loves them.

Yes Bobby, you can click them together too!!  The colder the weather gets, the more the blocks come out to play.  I have to keep the kitchen surfaces as clear as I can so that Bobby has plenty of space to work.

I took a few more pictures on 9/23/12 so I decided to add some more!!  This is probably going to be my place to add pics of his "masterpieces"!!!! 

Pictures and Birthday Cake

After I got Bobby ready for school this morning, I took him outside to practice looking at the camera for school picture day.  I know, you think that he would be used to it from all of the pictures that I take of him, but I don't pose him for those pictures, I just take pictures of him while he is doing his thing.  Looking at the camera didn't go so well...

I'm Not Looking!! (In my best sing songy voice)...

 Not gonna do it!!!!

 STOP asking!!!

 No, I'm still not gonna do it...

 (In my best drunk voice)-Mother, No, I'm not gonna look at the camera!!

 I'M DONE!  Still not gonna look!!!

Good luck school photographer and teacher.  Hope that you have better luck than me!

Bobby got to blow out the candles on my birthday cake on Monday, but only after he dropped the cake upside down in it's plastic container.  We got star candles for the cake so that we could work on shape identification with one of his favorite activities (he can't seem to get "star" in daily therapy and we can't move onto the next shape).

Hey wait, the candles aren't lit yet...

 Daddy to the rescue...

 Daddy, you are such a good candle lighter...

 Look at the pretty fire...

 Finally, "blow the candles out, blow"....

 "Again??"

I Love Autumn!!!

I love, love, love this time of year.  Crispness in the air, clear blue skies, pumpkins, beautiful leaves, mums, autumnal colors, season premiers of favorite tv shows...I just love it all!!!  I dusted off my autumn decorations tucked away in our storage room and brought them outside, where they belong.  A couple of new mums and pumpkins have been added to the collection.  Zoi accompanied me outside and helped me decorate our home for the fall season.

We started with the front porch.

Eventually I will get the mums actually potted in the big pots, but I didn't have potting soil.

Zoi's not very helpful...

I only put a couple of things on display inside because Bobby thinks that they should be his new play toys and that he should be able to line them up where ever he pleases.

Now around to the back porch to decorate...

I got this idea from Debbie, the secretary at Bobby's school.  There is a pencil tree in the main office that changes decorations for seasons and holidays.

In the upcoming weeks, Mother Nature will help the rest of the outdoor match my decorations!!

A Labor Day Swim

If you have been following along with Bobby's World, you know that our pool is down for the season.  Bob has been working hard getting the pool ready for the new liner system and is still waiting for a couple of more pieces to be shipped before the reassembly can begin. 

The worst part of the pool project is that Bob has come down with a horrible cold/sinus yuckiness.  As soon as he starts talking, you can hear just how bad he must feel.  What a way to end his week long vacation from work.  Bobby has been dealing with a much less severe case of congestion, but it is making him GROUCHY!!  Nothing, I mean nothing, was making Bobby happy this afternoon but playing with the water hose. 

We were sitting on the front porch watching Bobby play in the water looking out over our neighbors pool.  We knew that they were going to be away today, so we called them, got their lock combination and took Bobby swimming.  I have really been trying to keep Bobby away from their new pool because I know that once he goes somewhere, he thinks that he can go whenever he wants.  But sometimes there comes a point of grouchiness that you will do whatever to make him happy!!!! 

A smile came to his face as soon as we got on the pool deck!!

They have such a good view of our house!!

Hey, what is that over there...?

 Yeah, over there...

I don't think that he liked the privacy fence.  He got out of the pool many times and went over and looked around the fence.

 I'm so excited that our new pool liner will be a darker blue like this one, shows up prettier in pictures.

Time to go home...

Hello, Hello

Yesterday afternoon, for some unexplained reason, our power went out for a few hours.  Since this happens often, I have an old-fashioned, some may even say, antique phone that doesn't require power that I switch out with our home phone during power outages.  When the power was restored, I switched the phones back but left the old phone sitting on the kitchen table.  Yes, I know, I should have put it away immediately but we would have missed the fun that happened next!

Bobby became very interested in the old phone.  He saw me talking on it during the outage (I called to report the power outage and this is soooo much easier to do on the number that is listed on the account, you don't have to give any additional information).  Bobby picked up the phone and went over to the mirror.  Bobby:  "hello, hello, hello."  Me:  "Nobodies there!" (in my best Laurie Berkner band imitation).  For some reason he then put it on his head...

Bob and I laughed and laughed and laughed some more.  He did this for quite a while.  Not sure what was going on in his head!!

He then got a new idea and ran over to get the other phone...

Oh my goodness, was this ever comical!!  He is so curious about the cord hanging from the old phone.  I can just imagine the thoughts going on in his head..."all phones should have this awesome cord handing from them, they would be so much more awesome!!"  He is so much fun to watch when he gets an interest in an item, I would just LOVE to know what is actually going on in his though process when these interests pops up!!