The Hi/Eye Riddle: DECODED

After careful thought and diligent questioning, Carrie finally figured out what Miles wanted .. the video below explains ..

Hi - Eye

Yesterday I learned another huge lesson in the perpetual language interpretation dance that Carrie, Zen and I have to do with Miles. While in Martin City getting Bar-B-Que at the Jack Stacker, Miles began getting very excited at something across the street. He was pointing and hemming about something to do with water and his eye. As I asked him what he wanted, he pointed at a regular tan building across the street in excitement. All the while, he kept pointing to his eye. As I strained to gain his meaning, I was lost. We had no history with the building across the street. It is a home remodeling business and there was nothing more in the frame that was giving me a clue. So, we went in and got our food and made our way back out. I explained to him as we rounded by the building and sped out of sight that I was not sure what he was saying and that we should talk about what he was trying to convey. We could meet that communication compromise. The whole way home he was moaning ‘eye’ and pointing towards the back of the car. This continued in brief intervals throughout the night. Through all of our collective digging into the mysterious riddle, we may have conjured up the notion that he saw a billboard for a commercial that included water and eye wear. Other than that, we are lost and likely going to have to take him back to that building, let him out and allow him the opportunity to solve our riddle and let his small communication dream come true. We’ll let you know if we come into the ‘know’ ourselves. In the meantime, I have attached a raw video that Zen boy recently shot of Miles going though a set of words and sounds that Miles has mastered.

Seasons and Changing

As we wait for spring, we begin invent a bit of our own spring. Lately, we have been taking Miles to the newly opened pool up the way and he loves it. With new wings on his arms and another year tacked on, he gets better at wading around in the waters. A good part of why we are doing this is to tame the tempest that has been flaring in little Milo of late. With age, a new range of emotions have been boiling to the surface and we are fully engaged in helping him explore his speech-less world in more effective manners. So, as we brim in anticipation for more warm days, we give you a brief video glimpse of one of Miles' favorite outdoor activities .. we're not sure what it's called, but we do know how to describe it. This is Miles mixing a variety of bubble flavors into a big, fancy mix. The end result is a huge mess that he loves and is uniquely him in all his little kid ways.

pure goose

The day Miles was born, we spent the first part of that morning running around trying to find the movie 'Winged Migration'. I figured it would be a relaxing DVD to watch in the hospital room as we awaited the arrival of our Miles boy. Every since then, I have held a special affinity for the goose and lately I have tried to absorb the grace of a gaggle of geese flying off at once. Yesterday, I injected Miles with that joy by stopping on the side of the road and approaching a large group of geese on a soccer field. This video is a glimpse of what Miles saw and reason why he said 'more' after the last goose was gone .. enjoy.

A Trip to the Dentist ..

Miles Slides Away in St. Joseph

Jar Jar Binks Morph Via Miles