6/20/13

Aaron again came out for his milk at breakfast, no blueberries or English muffin.  At lunch he ate all of his saltines and canned cherries but no chicken or sweet potatoes.  

Aaron and Thomas were following Emily and Kenzie around bugging them so I let them go play in the back room to get away from them.  Aaron stood at the gate whining because I had taken his source of entertainment away.  I cuddled with him for a few minutes and after that he played just fine, but he was initially very distraught.  

Aaron, Kenzie and Riley all worked hard to get all of the stuffed animals that are out right now precariously balanced on the window sill.  There was actually too many for the space, so they really had to work to get the last ones all piled up there before the first ones fell off.  

Aaron had a blast helping Kenzie "load the car" (the area behind the igloo) with all of the stuffed animals, which were deemed "groceries".  

Riley was under the black chair in the big room and Aaron had fun peeking at her and getting her to laugh at him.  Aaron was obviously making it look to fun because Thomas came over and had to get in on the action and fun too!  They then started taking turns with who was under the chair and who was on the chair doing the peeking.  

6/19/13

Aaron came out and drank some milk, but didn't eat any biscuit or peaches at breakfast.  At lunch he ateall of his baked beans, a bite of dinner roll and a couple of pineapple, no peas that I saw. 

Kenzie and Aaron played on the rowdy side quite a bit this morning, with Riley joining them off and on.  Kenzie accidentally tipped over as they were playing and bonked her head on the floor, which made Aaron crack up.  The then took turns tipping over on purpose, bonking their heads and laughing.  

When they got tired of that game, they then decided to use each other as drums.  I had to keep reminding them to drum gently, but they were having a blast with it!  

I don't know how many times a day Aaron sings to himself as he plays.  He has amazing pitch and good tone quality.  Even though his enunciation isn't strong, I never have to work to figure out what song he is singing.  

Aaron totally shocked me today when he pointed to the correct letter when I asked Kenzie which one on my bracelet was "R" for Riley.  I then had to experiment to see how many of the letters in my name (on my bracelet) he knew.  He knew every single one, both asking him to point to the letters and me pointing to the letters and asking him what letter is was.  In addition, he actually verbalized the letters sounds extremely clearly.  Impressive!  I was about to take him to the alphabet poster to quiz him further when Kari came to work with him, so I will try that another time. 

6/18/13

Aaron came out to eat, but only drank milk, no waffles or hashbrowns at breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of his oranges, a bit of brown rice and no shrimp or fresh peppers. 

Aaron was so excited when I brought out big bear.  I had Micala sew up the latest tear in it, so we were able to play with him again.  He wasn't the only one glad to see the old friend!  They were cuddling, laying and jumping on him like crazy the first hour or so.  They then started fighting over him, so he took a break so he wouldn't get ripped some more.  

Aaron teeter-tottered for about 30 minutes of our outside play time this morning.  He started out doing it with Kenzie and loved that because Kenzie is lighter than he is so he could just sit with his end on the ground and she couldn't get down.  When she yelled "Let me down!", he just thought that was hilarious.  

After Kenzie was done Rae took over her spot but they were way more balanced and could both strand each other in the air, so yelled "let me down" at each other fairly evenly.  

After Rae tired of it (probably 10 times up and down) Thomas took over her spot.  Now things really got rowdy!  They were trying to push it up really fast so the other one lost their hold.  They then started bailing off of their spots randomly.  Aaron thought that was so funny until he misjudged and didn't bail off quite far enough and the seat hit and hurt his mouth on the way down.  

6/14/13

Aaron didn't even want to come out to eat breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of his applesauce, the cheese and most of the peas out of his peas and pasta, and a bite of lean ground beef. 

Aaron was following Emily and Kenzie around this morning, bugging them (trying to take their toys, standing on their blankets...) so I had him move away from them and give them some space.  He was not very happy at me and had a pouty face for several minutes before choosing something else to engage him.  

He was stacking the play cooking pans as if they were blocks, knocking them over then re-stacking them.  He moved away from them for a while and was very upset when one of the other kiddos took one of the pans off of the pile to put some food into and cook.  

Aaron took two pieces of cheese over to Gary to show him, telling him "oooo eeze" for 'two cheese'. 

Aaron was having his arm straight forward with his hand in a fist.  He then had his other hand pointing at the elbow like he was pushing a button on the straight arm.  He was also making a "uh-uh-uh-uh" sound repeatedly.  

Aaron and Rae frequently with switch placed doing one thing or another, saying "your turn" or "my turn" to each other.  Today they were taking turns putting a scarf over each others head with a play cooking pan on top of it.

6/13/13

Aaron ate all of his blueberries and gave his cinnamon raisin english muffin a kiss goodbye at breakfast.  At lunch he ate about half of his fresh pineapple (subbed for kiwi that was too hard) and no ground turkey burger or green beans.  

Aaron counted kiddos (up to 5) several times out of the blue, which was pretty cool. It was at multiple different times, such as while they were jumping, at meal, and while reading.  

I have felt kind of bad for Aaron lately, because Emily has been really giving him the cold shoulder most of the time.  She has been one of his best buddies and the one that played with him most.  Now she seldom will at all unless Kenzie is playing with them too and tries to include him.  

Kenzie, Rae and Aaron were playing in and around the igloo today.  He headed into the igloo and bonked his head on accident, which made Kenzie laugh, so he laughed along with her and did it again and again.  I have never figured out how hurting yourself can be funny, but to this age, it sure is!  : )

When it began raining, I started singing "rain, rain go away".  Several times throughout the morning I heard him singing it on his own.  It was really cute. I love how much he sings and loves music!

We went to the back room today to play with block, duplos and other toys.  Riley worked (with some help from Kenzie) to get all of the duplo fence pieces stacked.  They then lay them down on the floor.  Obviously, Aaron immediately thought it looked like a road and got a tractor to drive on the road.  Riley, on the other hand, really didn't seem to care about what it was or looked like.  All she was concerned about was that it was HERS an not for Aaron to drive his tractor on.  Eventually Riley got tired of lying on it and Aaron had his fun driving his tractor on the bumpy road.  

6/12/13

Aaron came out and had a couple drinks of his milk, but didn't eat any jelly toast or dried mangos.  At lunch he ate all of his beef and bean burrito and no tropical fruit or sweet potato.  

Aaron was peeking through the hole in the climber-balance beam step hole at Mia, which she loved.  They did it over and over, with Aaron chuckling when Mia stuck her hand into the hole to try to "get" him,  

When I was done reading stories to the kiddos (8 of them), Aaron was pouty because he didn't want to stop.  He kept telling me, "want to read more".  He and Nora were the only ones not ready to be done. 

Kari did end up coming around 10:30.  We were getting ready to go outside.  That was a little different, but he still did great (even with us all going outside and them staying in the big room).  He basically worked with her until lunch.  

6/11/13

Aaron ate his cinnamon roll but no prunes at breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of his cantaloupe, a bite of waffle and no hashbrowns or eggs.  

Aaron was trying to sit or step on everyone during play first thing today.  He wasn't being mean.  It was just in play, although the recipients of the stepping or sitting didn't necessarily agree!  : )  We helped him find something else to do when the kiddos didn't like his play choice!  

Aaron spent time looking intently at books today. He especially liked this one book that has a handle built into it for carrying.  It is called "knock on the door" and is about a bunny.  

Aaron, Thomas and Riley played together on the rowdy side of the room very appropriately.  They were basically just racing around then flopping on the mattress, racing some more and flopping on the couch.  There was very minimal grabbing and contact, amazingly!  

6/10/13

Aaron came out for breakfast, but didn't end up eating any Kix or mixed fruit.  At lunch he ate all of his mandarin oranges, a couple bites of peas and no ham sandwich.   

Aaron and Rae mostly played together today.  Both Thomas and Emily were gone today, which changed the dynamics quite a bit.  Kenzie was attached to her sister.  Mia, Nora and the babies just kind of do their own thing so that left Rae and Aaron.  

Aaron was very mellow today.  He wasn't sad or even snugly, just way calmer today. For one thing, he really enjoys Emily and she was gone.  Also what usually gets him going is either harassing Kenzie and Emily when they are playing together or just spinning, dancing or chasing with just Emily.  

I did a few bubbles at outside time with the huge bubble wand.  Aaron  was really the only one very interested in it.  Kenzie had found a tiny apple that had fallen off of the neighbors apple tree into our yard.  she had made a big deal about it and had gotten all of the other kiddos preoccupied with it about the time I got the bubbles out.

6/7/13

Aaron ate all of his raisins and no rice at breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of his meatloaf and bites of cooked carrots, no French bread or dried apricots.  

Kenzie let Aaron play with her so nicely much of the morning. He intentionally included him, even when Emily wasn't wanting to.  Aaron was trying to sit by Emily and she told him no.  Kenzie immediately told him, "you cacao me sit by me, Aaron!"  

She also noticed that he had a little owie on his finger, asked him if he was okay and how he got his owie.  He said something that I couldn't understand and then she said, "Oh, I'm sorry!" and gave it a kiss, asking if that was better.  

We got out the parachute when we went outside and Aaron had a blast with that.  He just cracked up when we did the big and fast waves, when they went under it and when I put it over one of the pieces of play equipment for the to play in like a tent.  

Just so you know because I keep forgetting to tell you, Aaron has been pooping for me every morning about breakfast time.  I didn't want you to think he was plugging up!  : )

6/6/13

Aaron at all of his grapes but no cinnamon toast at breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of his hashbrowns and nothing else -- chicken, biscuit and canned cherries.  

Aaron and Thomas were watching Kenzie "feed" Riley the play carrots then came over to join them and feed each other.  It is so great how often play is contagious like that!  They learn so much from each other and play experimentation.  

We got down the Geo Climber today.  All of the kiddos gravitated to it like it was a magnet for about 15 minutes then began to scatter somewhat.  Aaron was fearless, highly successful and really enjoying playing on it, but kept getting his shoe stuck and pulling it off in the corners of it.  He brought it over to me three times telling me "shoe came off" laughing and plopping down in front of me for me to help him put it back on.

6/5/13

Aaron didn't want to eat either bagels or peaches at breakfast.  A lunch he ate most of his corn and about half of his macaroni and cheese, a bite of ham and no salad with ranch.  

Kenzie, Aaron and Emily were all taking turns playing peek on and under the black chair.  They actually regulated the turn taking among themselves and doing it in a predictable sequence.  All of them were really enjoying it, but Aaron was really cracking up.  

Aaron and Riley are now the two super toy monitors for the big room.  As soon as they see a toy on the wrong side of the room, they are immediately picking it up and putting it where it belongs.

Aaron and Thomas played together some today-- mostly peeking at each other and laughing. Three different times during the course of their play Thomas fell down and Aaron roared!  One of the times when Thomas "booed" at him he got a little too close and they bonked heads.  Aaron really thought that was funny.  Another thing that Aaron thought was just hilarious was when he stuck his hands out onto the balance beam so that Thomas stepped on them.  He wanted Thomas to do it over and over again.  

When Kari came, he was ready to go do his work in the back room with her.  Rae also tried to join them but Aaron wasn't having that.  He knows it is HIS time and HIS Kari!  

All of the kiddos have been thrilled that warmer weather is here (as are we).  One of the things it means is that sand table play and bubble are back.  They had so much fun with the sand table from Mia to Kenzie!  

6/4/13

Aaron came out to breakfast, but only drank milk (didn't eat any waffles or pears).  At lunch he ate all of his fresh oranges, about half of his saltine crackers and no tuna or sweet potatoes.  

Aaron was going along with Kenzie's play about "cooking marshmallows" on the fire, which was actually a pile of stuffed animals.  She was giving him and Riley pretty good instructions on how the process went.  

Aaron was playing with the play phones a lot today and having some pretty lengthy conversations with someone!  I would understand a word here and there (mostly Hi and Bye), but there were a lot of things in between.  

Aaron was so cute feeding Nora some "milk" in the play cup today. Nora loved it and had to do it repeatedly!  Aaron did it for a while then moved away to play with Kenzie again.  

Aaron was playing with a couple of the Duplo cows and saying "moo" repeatedly!  It was great!  He is making the MMMM sound for it great!  

Aaron realized that he could put the Duplo fence pieces on top of each other and diligently searched for every fence piece he could fine and stacked them on top of each other.  He also recruited Kenzie to help him find the sections.  

5/31/13

Aaron didn't want to eat oatmeal and prunes at breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of his mandarin oranges, most of his hashbrown casserole and a bite of his biscuit.  

Aaron was dancing to the music this morning and ran into the igloo.  He came over wanting a love.  When I asked him what happened, he told me "hurt igloo".  He is answering very informative questions like that so well. 

Aaron said all of the sounds for "help" several times today when he asked "help me" for various things.  It was totally clear!  

Several of the kiddos decided, on their own that it was time to read books and headed over to the book area.  Aaron was all for that and joined them, being the last one to quit reading. 

Regardless of what one of the kiddos tells me, Aaron always comes running over me tells me he has done it too.  Today it was, "visit preschool" because Joslyn had gone to visit hers this morning for a few minutes.  Also Kenzie mentioned that she had gone to the circus (a couple weeks ago, I think) and Aaron came racing over saying, "I go circus".   It's pretty cute!  

Aaron was very proud of of the long "train" he made in the back room with the duplos today.  He showed it to me repeatedly until I realized that he wanted me to take a picture of him with it was great!

5/30/13

Aaron ate all of his melon and a bite of his French bread at breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of his dried mango and crescent roll, bites of his sliced turkey and no squash.  

Aaron brought over this one little stuffed animal (a little orange M & M guy) and asked who it was.  When I told him, he imitated it perfectly, with very strong "Mmmm" sounds.  

Aaron is now almost always wanting to play with one or some of the kiddos rather than playing by himself.  The only thing he likes to do by himself is spinning.  Then he doesn't one anyone to touch or even be close to him.  

He typically chooses Emily and/or Kenzie to try to join into play with.  Usually they include him in some role or another.  Wen he tries to play with either Joslyn or Thomas, it is a fifty-fifty percent chance of success.  They aren't as congenial about it at time or as creative in their play to make a new role for him.  

Aaron also hangs out and plays with or alongside of both Riley and Rae at times.  With Riley, it is usually when we are in our small group in the back rooms.  They both LOVE building with the Duplos, so spend time doing that, then showing each other what they have made.  

5/29/13

Aaron ate did want to come out for breakfast and neither did Emily so they played together while the rest ate.  At lunch he ate all of his saltines, ham, mandarin oranges and even a couple bites of bean soup.  Wow!  It is unusual that he eats that much at a meal here!  

Aaron had to immediately go to the rowdy side and join Kenzie and Emily in their play when he got here.  They asked him if he wanted to be their puppy and he dropped onto all fours to comply.  

After breakfast they all again played together and were pretending to "oh oo erk" (go to work).  Their car to go to work was the balance beam.  They sat on it facing the wall.  One of them would announce "We're here!" and they would all jump down and go to different areas of the rowdy side to work.  It was pretty cute.  

Kenzie and Emily were in the igloo and Aaron, all on his own, banged on the top of it, peeked inside and said loudly asked "anyone home?"  All three of them were enjoying it and laughing about it.  

I asked each of the older kiddos what song they wanted to sing and Aaron immediately told me he wanted "twinkle little star".  I didn't understand him immediately, but he stuck with it until I got it!  We were right in the middle of doing our sign language and singing when Kari came today and he still jumped up and went right over to her and the gate to go to the back room for their session.  It was cute!  

He needed quite a bit of cuddling after mom left after his session today.  He asked "where mommy?" and said he wanted mommy multiple times.  He never actually cried, but was pretty close a couple times.  Changes in routine are difficult for most of the kiddos, and he is no exception!  

5/28/13

Aaron didn't eat breakfast (bran flakes and craisins) this morning.  At lunch he ate no tropical fruit, a couple bites of corn and all of his cheese pizza.

Aaron was a puppy most of the morning.  First he was Rae's puppy, then Emily's then Kenzie and Riley's.  I guess he was trying to find just the right owner!  

Aaron was pretty sensitive this morning -- getting upset over things that generally wouldn't bother him.  He self-regulated by moving away and just watching when things started getting to him too much, which was great.  

Kenzie was "fixing" Thomas' hair and Aaron and Riley decided to join the event.  Aaron was sitting behind Kenzie and every time he touched her hair, she whirled around to look at him, which made him crack up! Kenzie loves making him (or anyone) laugh, so did it over and over.  

Aaron was thrilled with the CD I chose to play in the back room and

was marching and spinning like crazy, clapping when each song was over and being very attentive.  

Aaron worked and worked to get three of the rain sticks stacked and finally did it.  He was so proud of himself! 

5/24/13

Aaron ate his raisins at breakfast -- no malt-o-meal at breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of the meaty spaghetti sauce, a few noodles, bite of salad with ranch and no mixed fruit.  

Aaron went over and sat on Gary's back pillows that kept trying to get Gary's attention so he would "get" him!  He was just grinning, eyes sparkling and chuckling in anticipation!  

Aaron was carrying around both of the stuffed cat in the hats for

most of the time he was on the rowdy side of the big room.  One of them has a mouth that kind of opens.  He was putting his finger into the mouth opening and then saying "ow-ow-ow" like it was biting him, then laughing like it was the funniest thing ever.  He shared one of them with Rae and they put them on their shoulders like they were giving them a shoulder ride.  

Joslyn was trying to get her "puppy" Aaron to follower her.  He wasn't being very cooperative and Joslyn said," my puppy just won't listen to me!"  Aaron then told her, laughingly, "No!  I not a puppy!"  No wonder!  : )

Outside Aaron was pulling one of the wagons with Mia following along behind either pushing it or just holding on to it.  They had gone all the way around the yard that way and were going down the sidewalk to start round two.  At the same time Thomas was heading up the sidewalk on a bike.  Aaron was trying to steer the wagon around him but Mia was pushing a little too hard s he turned around to her and said, "No!  Go roun' Thomas!"  It was awesome!  We frequently remind them to "go around" each other and he was helping us out!  

5/23/13

Aaron didn't want to eat blueberries or blueberry English muffin at breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of his canned cherries and his saltine crackers, a taste of chicken and no sweet potatoes (even though Emily was trying to persuade them that they were good).  

Aaron was very wound up this morning and just wanted to race around, squealing and be loud.  It took almost constant reminders for the first while to keep his running on the rowdy side and his voice at an acceptable inside level.  

Aaron and Emily were buddies again today, of course.  As they were playing Emily fell with a pretty good flop on the floor and Aaron just cracked up and said, "you fell down!" That made Emily (who had been about to cry) start laughing, which made Aaron laugh even harder.  

Aaron kept coming over to me and saying, "wipe my nose" before breakfast, which I did despite the fact that I didn't see anything to wipe.  He must be just feeling it inside of his nose.  About 10 minutes after we were done with breakfast it did start running and he came over asking me to wipe it about every 5 minutes or so, many times AFTER he had already wiped it on him sleeve.  

Joslyn decided she wanted to stack the stacking blocks in the back room today, but didn't have the concept of putting them in order from biggest to smallest.  I was trying to help her by giving I her some prompting questions to get her to look at their sizes closer.  When that didn't work, I just started telling her which color to look for next.  Aaron was intently watching and listening to the whole thing and as soon as I said a color, he was right there with the correct one, helping her out. 

5/22/13

Aaron ate most of his peaches and no biscuit at breakfast.  At lunch he ate most of his peas a bite of his dinner roll and baked beans, and no pineapple.  

I was doing three of the girls' hair this morning and looked over at the step to the climber-balance beam.  There was Aaron sitting on the upper step with Thomas sitting in front of him.  Aaron was being the barber and obviously Thomas was the client.  Even though Thomas' hair is pretty short, he was managing to get ahold of some of it.

Aaron and Emily played together most of large group time.  One of the times Emily was holding one of the Disney characters and said, "I'm the mom!"  Aaron immediately said, "I'n dad!"  It was cute!  A little later Emily and he each had matching little Donald ducks for their "babies" and Emily announced "We gotta go home.  Come on."  Aaron jumped right up and followed her across the big room into the igloo.  

When his speech therapist came this morning, Aaron grinned all over and immediately headed over to her and the gate, ready to go to the back room where they have been working.  He is already in the routine.  

They were done right about the time we transitioned outside, which worked great because he loves outside time.  He is such a flexible and sweet little boy.  As you know, I love him so much!  

5/20/13

Aaron ate all of his Cheerios but no banana at breakfast.  At lunch he ate the cheese out of his sandwich, most of his apple slices and no tomato soup.  

Aaron latched on to the little Clifford stuffed animal out with this set and hand it in his hand the whole time he was on the rowdy side of the big room.  

Aaron was making Noah laugh so hard today.  Noah was at the edge of the black chair and Aaron was underneath and behind it.  He was sticking the Clifford guy up between the seat and back of the chair then popping it back out, like a for of peek-a-boo with it.  Noah loved it and Aaron was laughing almost as hard as Noah.  

Noah really likes Aaron and frequently follows him around.  Most of the time it is for good reason, because Aaron is doing something that Noah thinks is funny.  Aaron also is very sweet to him and will talk to him or give him loves.  

Aaron was having fun making one of the Sesame Street musical pop-up toys right after another sing.  Sometimes he would even interrupt it right in the middle of it.  Joslyn was watching what he was doing and trying to play the same ones music.  It ended up sounding kind of like a chaotic sesame street character round.  They both thought it was Great though!  

5/17/13

Aaron came out and ate a few craisins at breakfast, but no oatmeal.  At lunch he ate all of his applesauce, the shredded cheese off of the pasta and peas dish and a couple bites of lean ground beef.

I decided to forego kids music today and put on some good old wholesome country tunes.  I played some of my favorites and was dancing with them, which isn't a very pretty sight, I'm sure.  When a slower song came on I got down on my knees and did some slow dancing with any of the kiddos who wanted to.  Aaron didn't want to do it, but did watch with a pretty amused look and big smile on his face, enjoying it from a distance!

Due to the rain at outside time we decided to get down the tunnels for a change of pace.  The kiddos had a blast with it and did it over and over.  We had to remind the older ones to slow down a little to give the younger ones a chance for their turns because they were so excited.  After they had grown tired of crawling through it, Gary put it over any of the kiddos who wanted him to, so it was like they were in a tube.  That was the part Aaron liked best.  He just cracked up, both when Gary put it over him and when it did it to the others too.

Aaron was so happy that his beloved Duplo train was mostly in tact when we went to the back room.  He immediately started driving it around the hardwood, then adding to it.

For about a week now, Aaron has been cracking me up when I lay him down to change his diaper.  He has been wiggling his fingers at me as if he is trying to cast a spell on me (probably trying to make me disappear).  : )  It just cracks me up. He loves it when I do the same motion back at him and then he is the one cracking up!  What a fun little guy our Aaron is!  

5/15&16/13

Aaron came out and drank his milk at breakfast, but didn't eat any blueberries or cinnamon raisin English muffins.  At lunch he ate about half of both his kiwi and his green beans, kissing his turkey burger sandwich goodbye.  

The Speech therapist was pretty surprised that Aaron would willingly go back to the back room with her and start there without insisting on coming back out to join his friends yesterday.  She said he did really well on what they were working on also. 

Aaron was standing in front of the igloo when several of the the kiddos were inside, trying to be the door and not let anyone in or out.  That didn't make his friend on the inside or outside very happy with him!  : )

Yesterday we did sidewalk chalk for art outside for the first time this spring.  The first time they are always so excited about it and engaged with it for long time (about 20-25 minutes this time).

Aaron was pretty cuddly with me several times.  Most off the time he came over and stood right by me until I asked him if he wanted a love, then just flopped himself against me and cuddled anywhere from a few seconds to minutes.  

Aaron was so excited then I build them a big block train and he got to sit right in the front of it.  Kenzie and Joslyn both tried to convince him to relinquish his position so they could sit there, but he held firm!  As soon as the kiddos quit trying to oust him from his engineer position, he moved over to the Duplos and made his own train.

5/14/13

Aaron ate a bite of jelly toast and bites of his dried mangoes at breakfast.    At lunch he ate most of his beef and bean burrito, about half of his tropical fruit and no sweet potatoes.  

Today, almost as soon as Aaron came, Emily came over to him and asked, "Can I go run with you?"  He answered enthusiastically and started taking off his shoes so he could go to the other side and run with her.  Thomas and Joslyn also followed and they raced around like little wild things for about five minutes.  

When they had completed their laps, Thomas and Aaron started stacking the stuffed rabbits onto the black chair, knocking them off with lots of laughter then stacking them again!  

Later Aaron was lying on the couch with his head hanging over the edge of the couch and his feet stuck into the crack of the couch between the seat and the back then calling out, "Help!"  Thomas would then go over and "help" him get back up.  They then reversed roles.  They were both laughing so hard.  From there it went to flipping off of the couch by continuing to scoot back until their heads were on the floor. 

Aaron had a much better day today.  He still came over and told me, "wipe my nose" many times but usually wasn't fussing when he said it.  He also was much nicer to his friends today.  He still wasn't quite his bubbly little self, but moving in the right direction.