Magical Milestones from our Disney Vacation

First, while it is all still fresh in my mind - I thought I would recap some milestones that Alex made on our Disney vacation.

--in no particular order--

• Swimming in the pool without the use of swimmies - above and underwater. We didn't take the camera to the pool. I wish I had, he was watching other kids and copying them. He tried to play with a little girl and she even played back a little bit. I think she liked that he was watching and she was showing off a little bit. He thought she was a little girl that he'd gone to camp with!

• Watching fireworks without screaming. He was plugging his ears, but so were many many other kids (and adults too). Those fireworks are loud - intense, and music is playing too. If you look real close in the full length picture below you will see a little girl in the background also covering her ears, that little girl didn't have autism!
  

• Watching the live performance in front of the castle without screaming - in fact, we couldn't pull him away from this. Ok, the dairy free ice cream was also a big treat!

• Eating chicken in a form other than a gluten free nugget or strip! He is now eating grilled chicken, pan-seared chicken, and his latest favorite... chicken drumsticks! Also eating potatoes in a form other than a tater tot or french fry - he is now eating them whole & quartered - steamed, boiled or grilled! Other new foods added to the repertoire like steamed white rice. Read our Gluten Casein Free Disney Dining review here


• Cutting food with a knife
  
• Sitting through an entire "live" show (Finding Nemo at the Animal Kingdom park)

I'll come back and add here as I remember them - even just a day out of the vacation I can't seem to put it all together.