Baking!

Yesterday Pete had speech therapy with Bev and her student, and again it went well. I think Claire (the student) is quite enjoying the challenge - she does a lot of preparation work before she comes and researches the subjects that interest Pete (eg Sculptors) so that she can bring them into the session and keep Pete on his toes asking questions and trying to get his opinion.
After they left I had to go to town and when I came back I found a rack a freshly baked fairy cakes! (Photo). Pete had got the recipe out, got all the ingredients, done all the mixing and then cooked them - all without help!! This is a big step indeed! The first time we did cooking after he came home he chucked the complete egg into the bowl (dyspraxia) but obviously that didn't happen this time and how he managed to break the eggs with one hand is a mystery to me. But I haven't found any bits of shell so it must have been okay. He had also done all the washing up - bonus!!!
Pete is still having pain in his right leg so today's physio session was devoted to finding out why and what to do about it. His calf muscles and hamstrings are really really tight and this is because he is not transferring his weight over into that leg enough. The brain finds it easier to let the left leg do the work when it can, and unless Pete makes a conscious effort to transfer the weight it doesn't happen. When Suzanne had finished with exercises to transfer the weight Pete said his leg was much less painful, so we have been given some exercises to do to help this process. One is to stand up from a chair with his left leg more forward than the right, this forces his right leg to take the weight and physically work to get him up, then sit down slowly. This has to be done about 10 times in a row. Also stand in front of the sink (so he has something to hold onto) and have his right leg back and then slightly bend his left knee forcing the right leg to stay straight and take the weight. When he is just standing still he automatically lets his left leg support him, so he has to sway slightly to get the right leg to take some weight. Does that make sense - I'm not sure anyone would understand all that - but I know what to do!! Another thing is that if he is sitting for a while he has to put his right leg up on a dining chair and let it stretch, keep it there for 15 to 20 minutes, then down for a while, then up again, and so on. Not the most comfortable thing but has to be done.
We have been to Tesco tonight for a big shop and had a totally new experience!! We (should probably say Martin!!) used the self scanning thing (what is it called, I don't know) and packed everything into bags as we went. The only blip was that we were selected for a random check (typical) which held us up a bit, but otherwise it is a big time saver. Pete and I picked things off the shelves, passed them to Robbie and Ella who passed them to Martin to scan and pack!
Off to bed soon, no sleeping tablet tonight but I think Pete is quite tired so shouldn't be too bad a night. At the moment he is filling hot water bottles - yes, he can do that but it is too scarey for me to watch!!!