Garage

Dad sit build entertainment center. Work tools make plan. Lowes building materials we need.

Grandma Phyllis comes to visit!

This week, Philip has a special guest staying at his house. This is what he wrote yesterday:

Grandma Phyllis go airplane ride. Philip Dad freeze go ride tell use van airport noon yesterday. She has luggage. I see I get happy.

It was cold, more less 60.

"If I Were A Digger" Chapter 3

Excavator excitement!

Today, we found a video on You-Tube about an excavator. This is what Philip wrote about it:

I see backhoe. Backup beeper I hear. Get unload dirt. Driver sit ride excavator 3 miles per hour slow. Work fast crazy weird pointy junk deaf loud. stop to see. expensive rent use come. Red purple black silver multicolored big color. Hate front pointy stinky rude. Hard easy. Big, some thin, some little, fat.

A Work in Progress...

Today, Philip and I have been working on polishing up some of what he wrote yesterday about his van and his wheelchair ramp. (We focused on his van and let the writing about the other van go for now.) I thought it would be interesting to see how he has edited and improved his writing.

This is what he wrote yesterday:

Van forward in in out out beside wheelchair ramp up down. Battery

This is today's version:

Philip Van: remote forward in in out out front open close door. wheelchair ramp loud hard easy expensive. Same remote wheelchair ramp up down on side. Remote work Battery.

An exercise in comparing and contrasting

Philip sometimes likes to watch You-Tube videos of different kinds of wheelchair ramps. Today while we were taking a break from reading 'Treasure Island' we were watching some videos and got the idea to take a video of his own wheelchair ramp in his van. We decided to compare and contrast his van with another van. This is his video. The post below is the second video we found online. The first paragraph he wrote below is about his van; the second paragraph is about the one we found online. (You will hear me in his video talking to "rampy" ( my pet name for the ramp) because it got stuck partway up.)


Van forward in in out out beside wheelchair ramp up down. Battery

Out near backward. Weird, pointy, back, junk, deaf, gross, loud, hard, expensive, expensive, different.

Passenger Loading in a Rear Entry Wheelchair Van

My Van Ride Home

Nicole Grandpa ride get pick up stop park in beside Union Grove highschool. They were van ride send home. Nicole vacation Panama City, Florida, sunburn sick Halloween Santa birthday. Driver Nicole's Grandpa said wrap bubble wrap around Nicole.

Philips new job

Coffee shop Union Grove highschool. Burp. Crazy beautiful crazy weird nice funny. I like tell remind customer price. Work make eat cup plate spoon can. Lunch bread, chocolate milk, juice, tea. Coach Man buy coffee swipe Visa/Mastercard Dynavox.

Pool Construction

First of all, I apologize that some of the pictures are slightly out of order. Here is what Philip wrote:

Philip Dad backhoe tractor ride get go take dump find drop off move



Dad deposit borrow hire save. We have save money Dad work.


Work work work work work. Make clean. Eavesdrop use rest smile. Work work work. Make ramp.

Today's Madlibs

Today, Philip and I did some Madlibs. Here's what we came up with:

Captain Zoom

Captain Zoom is a superhero who wears a blue cape and a red suit of longunderwear. He has his own yellow and purple rocket ship which takes him all over the universe. His ship is fueled by orange juice mixed with Halloween candy and can go 20 miles an hour.

Video Games

I love to hear video games. I can play them day and 12:30 noon. My mom and gas station are not too happy with my deleting so much time in front of the television barber shop. So we compromised: After dinner I can play 98 hours of video games, provided I help clear the TV show and wash the baseball.

Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Before and After

Cement truck get deliver find visit come drop off mess concrete.


Grandma sick hospital hear.

Congratulations, Philip!

School graduation hear read name Philip. sit graduation slideshow party. Family uncles friends Melorie Justin.

Cement truck

Afternoon Wednesday cement truck set unload come park visit. Dad use make pool.

For those of you not on Myspace...

Today, Philip updated his Myspace status to say that he is "excited because cement truck come park tomorrow." Great sentence, huh?

More info on the cement truck and the project it's working on to come in the near future...

Philips Fabulous Four

Today, Philip wrote four excellent sentences. We talked about how the order of words is important. For instance, you wouldn't say The pretzel ate Philip. You would say instead, Philip ate the pretzel. Here are Philip's Fabulous Four Sentences: ( I thought the one about me borrowing his hygiene products was hilarious)...

Melorie rides pickup truck.

Sandra unloads car.

Claire borrow Deodorant toothbrush toothpaste shampoo

Dad ride pickup truck, come home, go Kroger.

Madlib and Philip's news

Today, Philip and I did a madlib where he gave me all the words to fill in the story. We got some good laughs out of it and thought we would share it. Here it is:

Now that Saudi Arabia and gas stations and all those other weird Arab countries have raised the price of gasoline, millions of patriotic tech support people are trying to economize. Americans are riding bicycles and slow small cars. Many people have turned in their old, gas guzzling passwords and ride to work in a salad. Scientists are working on funny substitutes for gas. One is called shampoo. It is made by mixing regular gasoline with coke. Other people are depending on electric deodorant. These are very round. But there is a problem. You have to stop every 40 miles to have your email recharged.

Here is some news that Philip wanted to share:

Monday Dynavox freeze. text Dad, call We need tech support.

Backhoe

When I came in today, I asked Philip if anything special had happened over the weekend. He said, "Backhoe." After looking for cool videos of backhoes on You-Tube, Philip wrote the following:


I see backhoe outside driveway yard. use ride throw dirt. Dad get backward in forward. He is rent Home Depot. work build pool.

Here comes the flood!!

Philip wants to share this video of a excavator/backhoe. that we found on You-Tube. It's pretty cool, huh?

Philips Ambulance Adventure

I was in school sick. I was recover from physical therapy after operation. I need Medicine. 2 paramedic ride come school. They had slow crazy front gurney. Ambulance ride take I go to the hospital.

Philips Surgery

Philip had back surgery at the end of last month. This is what he wrote:

Philip I see hospital Atlanta. I have I am fifteen years old.

Where Philip Likes to Shop

I like cake card birthday, anniversary at Rite Aid.

Philips new button

Recently, Philip and I made a page on his Dynavox with a digital picture as the background. The picture was of Philip and Dad working under the pickup truck. Philip wanted to make a new button for the page. I asked him what he wanted to say on this button. Here is what he said:

You get apron shorts glasses before clean trailer.

I thought it was so thoughtful of him to make sure that Dad changes and wears grundgy work clothes before he cleans out the trailer.

Power Chair

In this entry, Philip is describing the video of him using the powerchair:

Dad Philip Mom We go to the garage. Dad pay buy transportation vehicle back tire tire for power chair. Dad have rest workwork work clean Garage. smile cook burp. I have battery. I don't ride gas station.

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My Adventures over New Years' - as told by Philip

Last week, Aiden and I went to Michigan to visit my sister's family. While I was there, I got a little sick and when I told Philip about it, he thought it was HILARIOUS! This is his version of the story:

Claire ride car street airport. find pick up pick up slow down! fly in airplane out down Far with Boy Baby.

visit Girl.

smell sit smile Tuesday Thursday. eat give throw up throw up throw upthrow upthrow up throw up throw up throw up. Toilet Toilet Toilet Toilet Toilet Dumpster Mess Mess Bathroom.

(Yes- I did throw up, sad to say. But not as many times as Philip suggests!)