Mark's tablet was ordered and arrived today. It's a Motorola XOOM. And while it's going to take me a while to figure this thing out, Mark was already thrilled with the two "game" apps I put on it. He likes the piano keyboard and the "Scratch It" drawing board. I found several apps that should be interesting to try with him. One has him use his finger to trace letters. It definitely did not thrill him but he didn't throw a fit either.
But before Mark gets any free hands-on time I've still got to get the Otterbox and straps. Since the XOOM upgraded to 3.2 and therefore will work for us, I've got to get those ordered. I waited just in case.
And today was Mark's first time at the pool with the rest of the homeschool group. Once he settled in he had a blast. This will definitely be one event that we will be attending regularly. I don't think it will be long before he's trying some of the things he's seeing the other kids do. But he was just flat out having a blast in the heated pool. I think he dumped a lot of stress today. And that made for a tired boy who went to bed early and fell asleep promptly.
One bonus of the pool trip was that Mark seems to have gotten over his issues with getting dressed to go out. We had to run out this evening and he cheerfully got dressed and was happy the whole time. He didn't even fuss when he saw the school. This would be a very good thing. I hadn't consciously realized that most of our car trips were to school and back until now. Now he's realizing that school isn't a destination anymore. And he's looking forward to seeing where we are going. It's been a slow process but the pool trip seems to have gotten us over the hump.
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