ISAAC is playing Starfall on the computer. DADDY wanders in, talking to his father on the phone. DADDY puts the phone up to ISAAC's ear and says, "Isaac, say hi to Grandpa."
The following is an unedited transcript of the conversation:
ISAAC: Hi Grandpa!
GRANDPA: Hi Isaac! What are you doing?
ISAAC: I'm on the computer.
GRANDPA: Really? What are you doing on the computer?
ISAAC: Playing.
In Floortime terms, Isaac is now capable of so many circles of communication that we can barely count them. But real conversation has been a harder hill to climb. He's never said anything more than "Hi" on the phone before. And now we have three circles. Three complete lovely round circles: my new favorite shape.
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Tonight in the bath, I tried out our new conversational skills. As they say on 24: "The following takes place between 7:09 pm and 7:10 pm":
MOMMY: Isaac, what did you do at school today?
ISAAC: I sat on the rug.
And there you have it. A five-year-old teenager. At least he didn't say "nothing" and put on his headphones.
Wishing you circles and circles of intersecting circles. Covered in circles.
Posted by: kristen | February 25, 2009 at 04:07 AM
wow! those circles are wonderful! congratulations to issac!
Posted by: kyra | February 25, 2009 at 05:15 AM
I love him.
I love you.
How many circles is that?
Posted by: drama mama | February 25, 2009 at 06:58 AM
It means a lot for me to read this.
I love you, Isaac.
Posted by: Grandpa | February 25, 2009 at 06:51 PM
Hooray for Isaac! I'm so proud of him.
Posted by: Jordan | March 01, 2009 at 03:27 PM
I remembee when we finally got to these higher levels. Things really took off from there. Congratulations.
Posted by: paprocksciss | March 02, 2009 at 01:04 PM
Instead of asking: "what did you do in school today?"
Try asking this:
"Who got IN TROUBLE today?"
That REALLY gets my son talking!
Posted by: Katy | March 03, 2009 at 02:01 PM
Stepping out of my own little circle to say how glad I am that ours have intersected/overlapped. :-) xo
Posted by: Niksmom | March 05, 2009 at 05:53 PM