AHA Moment: I Have The Best Job In The World.

I was contacted a few weeks ago by Mutual of Omaha...who sponsor the "AHA Moment" national campaign. They had come across my Blog and asked me to do a filming with them discussing my "AHA Moment." They were fabulous people and I just wish that I had more of a voice during the taping because I was just getting over a cold!

Click on the link below to see my "AHA Moment"


aha moment: i have the best job in the world.

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Third P.L.A.Y. Visit

On Monday August 31st our P.L.A.Y Consultant Kellly Melius came to our home for our 3rd of 10 monthly visits. PLAY stands for Play & Language for Autistic Youth. We are learning SO much from Kelly! We are trying to play with Kannin where he allows us to come into his world so we can eventually pull him into our world! We love Kelly!!!

We also now have a Hab Aide that now spends 20 hours a week in our home working with Kannin. Her name is Nicki. We are starting our second full week of her visits and Kannin is so excited everyday when Nicki shows up. Nicki joined us for our P.L.A.Y. visit to see what great info Kelly could share with us all! I will also be documenting our visits with Nicki but below is our PLAY Session!

Nicki, Kannin & Kelly playing Peek-A-Boo in the bounce house in our basement.

Kelly trying to catch Kannin. This was Kannin's ploy to get Kelly out of the Bounce House's door so he could have the house to himself. He proves himself smarter and smarter everyday!

Kannin putting together his favorite puzzle...

...and when Kelly tried to help, Kannin held her hand down to prevent her from assisting him. What a smart little guy!

P.L.A.Y. Consultant Kelly filming Kannin's session for our video feedback while Nicki our Hab. Aide looks on. Kannin had a great session and Kelly said she saw tons of improvement from our visit last month! Looking forward to our next visit Kelly!

The above video is from today's visit (Sept 1st) with Nicki. Kannin was displaying his recent ritual of demonstrating his body parts. He lists the same part, in the same order...over & over for several minutes on end. Pretty good I think for a little guy who only had THREE words (mom, dad & no) last October!