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Milestones

Corwin has hit several personal growth marks in the few weeks which I have neglectfully failed to note.

• Corwin biked over to Jack’s house all by himself, managed to cross a busy four lane road without getting squished. That’s the only serious traffic obstacle between here and there, the rest of the path being quiet residential streets or sidewalks. We are hoping that this will mean more time at Jack’s house, but so far we haven’t gotten Corwin to do it again.
• Corwin can now build his own beating sticks. He practiced in the run up to his birthday party and capable of assembling one from parts. We just need to go over measuring a bit and he’ll be able to go from the raw materials to a completed weapon.
• We’re finishing Corwin’s rockets for the big rocket launch this Saturday. He built them mostly by himself, now we just have to paint them. Corwin’s struggling with that primarily because of his lack of upper body and grip strength. It’s almost all he can do just to get the spray paint button down, which doesn’t leave much for control once the paint is flying. But he’s getting better.
• His game installation skills have matured. All he needs now from us in that regard is permission to buy or a credit card number to order online.
• We’re much more willing to leave him home alone for an hour or two.
• He can take pictures with his cell phone and send them to me or one of my photo websites.