Barbie, Tinkerbell and Man

meet "barbie" "tinkerbell" and "man", Deqlans new friends
Our Love and Learning kits arrived from the US! Deqlan very thrilled with them!

Now tell me this isnt imaginary play?

Hi everybody - hope all is well

Things are great on our side , except we have been visited by a bit of flu thisb week. Deqlan didnt go to school since Wednesday, a blocked nose and post nasal drip and cough, made him feel a little under the weather, but thankfully he is much better today! As for me, im on another round of antibiotics for my sinuses - hoping we can get get over it so we dont re infect each other!

Otherwise Deqlan doing great, his vocab increasing everyday - trying so hard to make sentences for example 'blue car peugeot'- he is also using some of the sentences he has learnt from his Love and Learning DVD's 'may i have a cookie' 'please may i have some milk'

His imaginary play is coming along so beautifully - something thats very hard for kids on the spectrum. Make believe play such as having tea parties or using objects as other things ...Deqlan seems to like a tree in Nanna's train set, that reminds him of a rocket, so he makes the tree 'blastoff'. I also found him in our passage with the above red car and his soldier , who he calls 'man' THE MAN WAS DRIVING THE CAR AROUND THE HOUSE ! HOW FANTASTIC! To add even more into the play, Deqlan went to fetch 'gorgeous girls' who happen to be Logans 'barbie' and 'tinkerbell'. Now, when he wants to play he says ' MAN. BARBIE.TINKERBELL CAR CAR' So thrilled with this!

Another game is using his bird teddy bear 'jordan' to drive in trains. He watched on episode of 3rd and bird where jordan, the toucan bird is driving the train! Deqlan is also putting his Thomas and friends trains on train tracks , not just using the tracks as frisbies anymore!

Deqlan is loving saying nursery rhymes to, favorite at the moment is 'humpty dumpt' shame, so sweet!

He is also enojying playing with his animals 'hippo' 'elephant' and 'rhino o ceros' bless him he sounds so cute saying his version of rhinoceros

Deqlan got to meet Miss Khloe earlier this week , he didnt really notice her to much until we picked her up at the camp cot and held her close for Deqlan to see. He touched her back quickly and ran away. A little later when Meggie was changing her nappy we brought Deqlan to her again and this time he was all smiles and tried to touch her softly. Then out of his own a few minutes later, he went to give Khloe a hug and lay next to her for a few seconds! waiting for the pics from Megs then will post them for you to enjoy!

Can you believe its Deqlans 6 monthly check up next Friday...Friday morning, ultrasound at 0830 then blood and urine collections. Please please continue to pray and stand with us that these tests continue to be totally normal and clear and show that Deqlan remains NED forever and ever.

Before we say bye for the weekend, a few birthdays!

Happy Happy birthday to Louise, Hellene, Melissa and Elriza for the last 2 days- hope you all had a fabulous day and year ahead!

Have a great weekend everyone! God Bless, lots of love

Mark Samm Deqlan Logan

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD