9-29-11 Places to go, people to see

We received word yesterday that Isaac would be moving today. He asked about his buddy from across the street when they didn't come.

He worked on homework from his teacher. One was a sheet with matching words and phrases. It did not occur to me until after hearing this that we do not remember abstractness, just sights and sounds. Concepts are learned, and can be forgotten.

He had a box of words at the top of the page to put into the sentences below. He would read a sentence and would determine the right answer in his head. Although he was right with his answer, it was not one of the choices in the box of words, and therefore was not right. (black or white, no gray)

He also was down to the last two questions when he realized he had four words left in the box. He was upset because he thought he had done something wrong, since there were more words than blanks left to fill. He was not happy to learn that 2 words had been put in the box on purpose!

His printing is very good.....better than mine.

He has trouble getting the answers in the correct blank on the right of the page, even after putting the numbers of the questions next to the blank. Interesting.

Lastly, he asked mom yesterday when he was going back to Texas. After talking with him, he truly thought he was not in Texas because this area was so unfamiliar to him. (east Dallas)

Today is the day --- around 11am, we will say goodbye to OCH, our home of 20 days & move to CNS for the next phase. Thank you OCH staff for the amazing work with Isaac!!

Left OCH & arrived @ CNS to "check in". They made copies of orders, etc then told us to "grab lunch" & come back @ 1pm... So here we are inside Wendy's. So far, he's ok eating nuggets... Wow :-).

Wow. Forget BBQ sauce, when you have a shake! She said he sat successfully in a fast food place and had lunch, since they had to wait for admissions at CNS. He was not overly affected by the stimuli in the restaurant. Actually, she admitted she was more nervous than him. His only issue....

"I'm sorry to tell you this, but I uh didn't want BBQ sauce."

Instead, the above picture provides the answer to "why". He has come so far. Keep praying for the rest of it to come as well. The mind is the last thing to connect.