Rudolph gets a makeover

Today, Philip and I rewrote "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." We kind of made it into a madlib...Read on and see how Philip chose to re-write this Christmas classic.

Rudolph the purple Nosed ducky
Had a very thin nose
And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows
All of the other ducks used to laugh and call him names
They never let awesome Rudolph join in any ducky games

Then one rushed Christmas Eve Santa came to say, Rudolph with your nose so sad, won’t you ride my sleigh tomorrow noon? Then all the reindeer loved him and they shouted out with glee: Rudolph the purple nosed ducky, you’ll go down in history!

Vehicle Saga

Today, Philip started telling me a story. This is what he said:

Grandma pay bus transportation. awesome FamilyFamily Mom Do you figure decide wonder borrow pay pay pay pay borrow save borrow vehicle vehicle vehicle vehicle vehicle Gas Ford Taurus Jeep Jeep Jeep Jeep it was Broken Broken Round Broken Broken Round weird Rude Deaf spooky spooky calltext hear text Dad FamilyDad I see Loud Hard spooky flat flat openGross Loud CleanCleanCleanCleanspookyflat funny Broken lonely Pickup truck yes dictionary snackscrackers Did youyou know

day off suprise noon Tuesday. Sterlan sick he is. I hear Family Mom Family Mom yes yes no yes 7:00 noon today 6:00 1:30

Philips Thanksgiving List

Last week, before Thanksgiving, Philip and I talked about a tradition that I have every year. When Thanksgiving rolls around, I like to make a list of the things and people that I am thankful for. So even though Thanksgiving is over, we are still talking about what and who we are thankful for... Here is what Philip wrote:

I am spooky funny love weird loud clean thankful. I go to the corner Stockbridge street drycleaners. ride running errands hang out dad.

Phil and Will!

This is Will. Say cheese! ride Forklift hang out slow down! he is fast

Philip's Birthday!!!

My birthday is November 13. I am fifteen years old. I go to the Stockbridge gas station bank carwash Saturday. I have card cake. They were cool.

I miss you, Dad. Dad ride airport in pickup truck.

( Today, Philip was writing about his birthday weekend and about Dad's trip. Unfortunately, we had a problem where we lost EVERYTHING that he wrote! OH NO! So I have tried to reconstruct the basic message that he had. We've lost some of the finer points, but these are pretty much the main points. )

New work truck

I like Dad Multi colored little black white open New love Loud Clean Easy Beautiful Chevrolet transportation Chevrolet. Do you? I can ride with Family Dad. use work.

The Truck Next Door

Philip's neighbor has a friend who drives a truck. It makes Philip very happy to see the truck parked out on the street. This is what Philip wrote about it:

Beep beep seat. Are you want to ride delivery truck. Take deliver deliver deliver deliver deliverdeliverring pick up deliver drop off drop off slow down!stop ride get go drop off slow down! stop I see neighbor neighbor driver friend. he has delivery truck. get send drop off park hang outhang ou t deliver slow down! pick up ride getdrop offslow down! park street. yes yes delivery truck red green purple blackblack black white Multi colored little awesome.

Philip's Field Trip

Tomorrow, Philip is going on a field trip. He is VERY excited about it and it was all he could talk about today. He is most excited about riding the bus. We talked about the driver and here is what he said:

Ride slow down! stop driver slow crazy loud Front Front Front Front. I like take Front Front seat Bus. wheelchair wheelchair wheelchair wheelchair lift wheelchair wheelchair wheelchair seat seat. I go to the ride ride ride take drop off pick up drop off slow down! Stop. Driver play surprise radio radio radio radio. Driver should not talk to Cell phone because accident.

I think Philip's advice about cell phones is right on! Didn't he do an amazing job!?

Mom she has accident. suprisesuprise ride tow rescue drop off drop off drop off. I see Jeep Tow truck. FamilyMom call ManManMan. I like rideride find drop off drop off drop offdrop offdrop off ride get sellsellsell borrow Tow truck transportation transportation transportation transportation transportation transportation

Family Dad wear clean pants socks figure pushpushpushpushpush beside beside beside right in in down backward in forward backward down There beside Bike Bike Bike transportation transportation

Pickup truck creeper

pickup truck

Philip Dad noon before yesterday. 12 1:30 3:00

ride get rescue ride come running errands CarpetCarpetCarpet.

We need tools. DoorCarpetWe need We go to the auto parts store. I want creeper. Pickup truck creepcreepercreepercreeper creepercreeper auto parts store airport Airplane Pickup truck Pickup truck creeper ride rescue find findfindfind ringriring

What's been going on

I think its time to back up my device.Can you back it up please.noonnoonnoon

FamilyMom Family philip We like Email camera Cell phone

InternetbugsTWhere did you go? Dad

BirthdayCandleBirthdayChristmasWe seeFireworks

How was your day? What's been going oHow was your weekend? MomMom you are really prettyMom

Exciting News!

Van deliver ride deliver slow crazy noon Thursday. I see slow Beautiful crazy slow Beautiful Beautiful funny crazy comfortable wheelchair. 301001001030 I like wheelchair.

I'm done.

Banana Bread: Will you explain that to me in more detail?

Get flour, add eggs mixer mix banana bread. it’s good. sit use oven. break smell hang out eavesdrop smile fat less big a lot. Do you eat? Eavesdrop like figure like think figure Claire mom. Tell hear beep beep. Find kitchen. Are we finished yet? Oven. Are we finished yet?

U.P.S. Guy

We hear doorbell ding dong. Doorbell ding dong. Melia Get Door. We hear ride deliver rescue get ride ride deliver Package Map Picture Family U.P.S guy deliver ride.

mail lady

We are wait mail lady. he will sorry irritatedConfusedConfusedhappycold. deliver deliver Dumpster mail. Mailbox Outside Driveway Mailbox. deliver Jeep rescue ride deliver. get deliver ride post office. post office Do you Online video Online video.

Philip gets cool stuff from U.P.S.

Happy noon yesterday later noon. I like Melia's GPS. Mom Grandma Melia go rescue Mom. Tow truck Jeep Jeep not cool! Where are we going? suprise suprise U.P.S. store. Lets go to mcdonalds. Melia's GPS. U.P.S. guy U p s guy deliver deliver hang out send hat shirt.

Melia

I like melia. I love you! I love you! I love you! happy I love you! she has Beautiful Beautiful love Beautiful Nice Beautiful crazy Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful. I like eavesdrop eavesdrop eavesdrop eavesdrop hang out share eavesdrop hang out eavesdrop stretch deliver deliver lunch.

Delivering Holiday Packages

how much you know U.P.S truck? Find out. Are you wonder UPS guy deliver work deliver. He is forward out. I like smile when he is U.P.S truck my address. Beep beep. I play online video.

Happiness

Today, Philip, Melia and I made lists of things that make us happy.

Here is Philips':

It makes me happy when…

Claire Lets check email

You have smile

Hang out Dad

wonder Smell

Say How was your day? What’s been going on?

Read Read Read book book

I love you!

Tow Jeep

I see U. P. S. Truck Tow U. P. S. Truck

I see U.P.S. truck online video fast beautiful new

Would you like to hear a joke? What do you call tingling fingers after a Chinese meal? Pins and noodles

Knock, Knock? Who’s there? Fans. Fans who? Fancy meeting you here.

I love you!

Here is Melias':

It makes me happy when...

I'm Spending time with Philip
Philip tells me he loves me
Philip says my name
I'm Spending time with my husband
I'm Spending time with my animals
I get a new purse

Here is Claires:


It makes me happy when...

Aiden smiles at me
I go swimming at night
I see fireflies
I smell and eat a fresh peach
Brad brings home Ben and Jerry's icecream
I go to the beach and see the ocean
I get a new book from the library
my roses bloom
my family makes gingerbread houses at Christmas

World's Longest Hair

This morning Philip, Melia and Claire made a MadLib together from the Guiness World Records MadLib book. Here it is:

The Longest Hair.

The worlds longest documented hair belonged to Billy Crystal a farmer from France. On Nov. 21, 1997, his hair was unraveled and it was officially measured at 16 feet, 11 in. long. He stopped smelling his hair in 1929 at the age of 12. As a tribal medicine man, he believed his long peanut butter held the key to his dirty powers. He said he once fell sick after smelling his hair and vowed never to cut it again. Following in his footsteps, his brother, Brad Pitt, also grew his hair reaching a length of 16 feet 2 in. The brothers would wash their hair annually with Kool-Aid and wear it wound up on top of their eyes. Isn't that dry?

New Dynavox

I don't know Use Sit wonder Sit Package wonder U. P. S. Truck. I wonder Tuesday see noon cold I go to the Outside Garage House House DrivewayDrivewayShed Mailbox

fat fat little less awesome Nice Beautiful Beautiful Nice cool shorts. slow slow Broken Dynavox. bugs bugs. UPS truck ride wait call call. wonder get. Use call sit use vicki. UPS guy Sit U. P. S. Truck Use Wait get Work box DynaVox slow Beautiful slow slowcrazy Nice slow Nicefunnycrazy New.

Would you like my business card? It has my blog address on it?

One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure

We have yardsale Yardsale yardsale Family mom Grandma Uncles mom Family Dad Melia.

Friday

Mom don't like call sell bookbook book read.

Family Mellorie

Mom sick of Wait up! Stop It! Dad he was Sell like Smell

Philip's Favorite Day of the Week

I see noon Tuesday Work. dad call text. trash guys. Hear Trash truck. i like you know Waitwait get text. hear Beep beep Trash truck Beep beep beep beep.

Philip's Lowe's Essay

For the last few weeks, Philip has been working on writing an essay for a writing contest for AAC users, sponsored by Dynavox. He was having a hard time deciding what to write about, so I suggested Lowe's.

( Surprise!) Philip worked really hard on this essay and did a great job. The words in bold are his - I filled in a few things here and there and my words are in regular font. Didn't he do an AWESOME job?!

( We took a copy of it to Lowe's last week and one of his employee friends posted it in the break-room. Now, Philip is more famous than ever at Lowe's. )

I like going to Lowe’s. It is Cool. I go to the store with Claire. When we come in the store, we have a routine. First, I hear beep beep. I see forklift.

Do you know people at Lowe’s? I see friends at Lowe’s.

I want see gift mom happy mothers day! Love you mom.

I want to be a Forklift spotter. I see forklift right in up beside backward.

Chris and Gyah and Michael work on the forklift beep beep. Chris works in the Garden Center. I go to the Building materials. It is Gyah. He has Forklift. I like Michael. He works in flooring. I don’t like waiting to see Michael.

Lowe’s is my favorite place.

Dad's Trip

outside garage shed deck outside mailbox Dad. I hear we like Sunday Monday Monday Tuesday Friday Sunday. Last night I like he was use phone call. Hear call cell phone internet cell phone I hear. Hey What's happening? Get back I don't I see face I get hand. Airplane left today.

Philip's latest toy

Yesterday noon Sunday monday today Monday Monday Monday I see Golf cart. I see I like Windy maybe momMom come here! mommom how was your day. I go to the dog MomMom you are really pretty grandma has a new house. She now lives near me. I have golf cart. I'm done.
Golf cart
golf cart

golf cart, pickup truck, van

use like trash truck

I finished all my G A A work Yippee golf cart

Philip had some very exciting news to tell me. ( His mom had told me that he got a golf cart) I was trying to get him to tell me what it was and he said, " We have I see trash truck." I said, " You got something to take the trash out to the curb?" He said, 'yes.' He was with his mom and grammy when he got it. They got it at the same place that Grammy got her dog last time.

Philip's Physical Therapist

Venneisa I love you! thin fat Workout mat Physical therapy

Philip's Calendar

blue purple brownColor blue Color red purple green Color Color Calendar I love you! I see U p s guyHey whats up! You are the man. MailtruckPickup truck

Yesterday we went to Wolf Camera and made a calendar of some of Philip's favorite pictures. We had a lot of fun, especially when Philip got after me to stop eating candy! ( I kept helping myself to their free candy dish... until Philip yelled at me.) It was a great day...the sun was shining, we got a good parking space, we saw the UPS man, and went to Lowe's afterwards, where we watched forklifts...

Getting gas for all the vehicles...

I asked Philip to tell me something that happened over the weekend. And this is what he said:

Mom running errands We see gas van pickuptruck jeep tractor. Some slow beautiful rude.

I asked him where he went to get gas and he gave me directions to the gas station!!:

Left right forward in out far left right forward down forward backward in out beside beside up down far down there.

Easter

Today Philip told me about his Easter weekend...

I see Favorite I love you grammy deaf slow beautiful I can't how much i love you! fatfatbig I have happy easter

My favorite part was when he said that he couldn't tell his Grammy how much he loved her... because it was so much...( that's the fat fat big part)

The high price of gas...

Philip and I were just chillin' watching You-Tube videos of trash trucks etc. and he kept saying,
" gas. gas. gas." all the time and I was like, "Philip, I've tried to find videos of vehicles getting gas and I cant' find any..." and he was frustrated b/c I wasn't getting the point...Finally he made this sentence: "I have going to how much gas" and I said, " You have to get gas for one of your vehicles and you want to find out how much the gas costs?" and he smiiiiiiled really big and said, "Yes!" Sooooo... we went on to this cool website that shows you the highest and lowest gas prices around Atlanta. I thought that was excellent- especially considering he's not feeling great today...

For Sale...

Since Philip has a nice clean gold couch now, I asked him what was going to happen to the old one... He said, " sell." SO.... I had him write an ad for the couch. If you want to buy it, leave a comment... ( well, leave one anyway, even if you DON'T want to buy it.) Philip set the price a little steep, but trust me, it 's a good couch.

We have Couch New house Money you get 28,113 quarter

we have don’t like Smell ReadSitHearSmell don’t like like smell purple

Van

Today when I got here, Philip was watching the couch being cleaned. Here's what Philip had to say about it:

Fat happy down out in beside left right furniture couch carpet We see boy man. weird slow deaf crazy rude slow

Trash Trucks

Bike We see Trash truck. Gas it was cool. trash truck Gas I'm having a hard time seeing today. Trash truck

change pants

glasses gloves don't like Smell Smell lonely I feel how muchSmellReadSmelldon't likesmellWantdon't likeSharesmellSmellSmellSmellSmellon't likeSmellSmellSmellSmellSmellrestSmellHearThrowSharedon't likeSmellBaby

Philip wrote this to tell me that he does not want to share me with my baby, Aiden. And he is not looking forward to having the baby come hang out at his house because apparently, babies SMELL! I think smell is Philip's favorite word.

Here are some other words that Philip picked out to describe babies:

Boy Baby Girl Boy Baby Baby Cut Nails Brush Teeth Can you brush my hair so I look good for the ladies? Change shirt Pants underpants Pantspants

I told Philip that Aiden does not have any teeth yet but someday he will. I laughed when Philip kept saying pants, pants... because yes, I have a lot of laundry to keep clean for the baby!