A Visit to the Fire Station and more ...

Noah had his first visit to the fire station today. They had a fabulous open house with lots of freebies including hot dogs, hamburgers, plastic fire hats, frisbees, smoke alarms ... you name it, they had it! Noah's favorite thing, hands down, was the CareFlite helicopter. He got to sit in it and did not want to get out! He also was fascinated by Sparky the Dog and showed no fear of the imposing six foot character. (A visit to Santa might go better than I thought!)

The big kids had an in-house gym meet this afternoon. Noah did very well as we occupied him with snacks, washable markers, and Mark's Blackberry. When big brother was up on pommel horse he could barely contain himself, shouting "ge ge, ge ge!" He did everything in his power to get to big brother. Big brother came over and gave him a hug. It was really cute!

We have been ignoring the spitting and it seems to be decreasing the unwanted behavior. Using time-out was reinforcing the spitting because he was still getting attention. He is very attention-sensitive and will repeat a behavior as long as he is getting some type of a response. We are continuing to learn about Noah day by day. It's fun to discover what makes him tick!