At least it has been dry!!
Yesterday Martin took us down to Ilfracombe to see the Damien Hirst statue called Verity. She stands 60 foot tall and is very impressive. There had been a lot of publicity locally about this statue as from one side you see a naked pregnant woman, but from the other you see her without any skin!! All muscles and foetus etc!!! She holds aloft a sword and stands on a pile of books. I had my reservations about it, but must admit it is actually amazing and well worth seeing. Then we went into the local Aquarium (after establishing we could get a wheelchair in there) which was fascinating with all the sealife from around this coastline and the local rivers. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and it did Pete so much good to go out and do normal things. (3 photos today from our day out - one in particular shows how much Pete enjoyed it).
Today we have been to Atlantic Village for a bit of retail therapy!! First into Asda to get boring grocery shopping out the way, then on into other shops. I have to say that the whole place is wheelchair friendly and it also had plenty of Disabled Parking available. So, again, a good afternoon out, but spent too much money!!!!
We haven't done any exercises as haven't had the time!! Pete is again having trouble with the FES but I'm not sure what the problem is. I, very bravely, tried it on myself and it seems to be working Ok but Pete doesn't think so. It certainly has a kick!!!
What we have been doing is writing and sounds. Pete has now mastered the sound for 'w' and today has also got the sound for 'sh', but often the perseverance kicks in and he can't get past one sound. But we are carrying on and just trying to get the sounds he can do to come without too much effort. We have been trying for 'b' as well but just can't get it yet. Pete can say the word 'why' but can't use it in context yet.
And that has been our weekend, I hope everyone has also had a good time.
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