My sister and her family came to visit us during the Thanksgiving holiday. And these visits with family always seem to be a measuring point. It is so nice to be able to see an improvement in the way Kevin interacts during family visits. In the past, he will usually go upstairs by himself away from everyone else. This visit, he stayed downstairs with us and he even participated in a little impromptu dance party with his Mom, Aunt, and cousins after Thanksgiving dinner. His cousins shared their favorite songs with him and he shared his favorite songs. The current favorites include: songs by the group Fun: Carry On, Some Nights, and We are Young; a few songs by Eric Church, his favorite Smoke a Little Smoke (maybe not so appropriate but it makes him smile and laugh), Love Your Love the Most, Keep On (very appropriate during laps), he even has a song called Creepin’; Katy Perry’s song Firework is a long time favorite with Kevin and now his cousin’s new favorite song Roar, I think is fast becoming a new favorite for Kevin. And for a manly song: Disney’s I’ll Make a Man Out of You from Mulan is one of Kevin’s favorites too.
It meant the world to me…when Kevin’s six year old twin cousins arrived for their visit at our house and signed to Kevin “How are you?” and showed us several more signs they had learned in preparation for their visit with us. Love them! Daniel even told his Kindergarten teacher that he wanted to learn sign language and his teacher is the one who taught him “How are you”.
But one of the highlights of our visit was actually after they left…we noticed a significant increase in Kevin’s verbal sounds the next day or two. I think he was trying to fill in all the chatter he heard from his cousins. Hope they come back and visit again soon!
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