Some little BIG things

Today, as she was heading into her session with her coach, Kate noticed Savannah come to the desk from the other room.  Kate looked at her and said "Hi Savannah!" first, as Kate walked by her.

We were at the self checkout at Smith's and I forgot to grab a bag of ice.  I asked Kate to go grab me one, it was about 25 feet away, but she could still see me.  She went over to the freezer, looked around for a while, and then opened the door, grabbed a bag of ice and brought it to me.  She had the funniest look on her face like "this is cold and heavy!".


At the park yesterday there was a two year old boy playing in the mud by Kate.  She tolerated him playing there and was asking lots of "Why" questions about him.  She was even ok when he put a clump of grass on her head and when he tackled her when she was sitting down and made her fall over.  Whoo hooo!


At times, she has been staying calm when I am feeling irritated at something she has done.  Sometimes she says things to calm me down!!

Even though it is hot, she has been asking me to snuggle with her at bedtime.  Usually I will lay by her for a few songs and then go out.  But she actually wants me to put my arms around her and snuggle.  When I tell her it is time for me to go, she will grab onto my arm and wants me to stay and snuggle.  Then she tells me I am too hot, lol.  She still doesn't like kisses, but I kiss her anyway :)

For three days now, she has gotten dressed by herself.  I have been letting her know that I was going to let her be responsible for this and she let me know she was NOT ready.  Well, on Saturday I told her it was time and she was not happy at all.   But, about 5 hours and several fits later, she dressed herself and we were off to the Expo looking at booths of jewelry, food, and other products.  YAY.  Yesterday she got dressed easily to go to see the eclipse.  Today was not so easy, but 1 1/2 hours later she dressed and we went to the library.  So the time is getting shorter!  I am super proud of her for this because she was in major resistance over getting herself dressed, for the last few years!!  So this is a big step for both of us ;)