the Hike

So we went for a hike yesterday for about an hour. Brook stayed close and could be found listening to all the sounds of nature. "I hear the wind" or "I hear a bird." Gage however was fascinated by the creek, in fact we stopped to talk about all of our surroundings, take it all in, and we look around for Gage who stayed near the creek, and he had wondered waaayyy up the hill in the opposite direction. He of course couldn't hear so calling him back down was not an option, however dad took off (uphill I remind you) and retrieved him before he escaped to another part of the forrest. By the time it was all over, Gage was coughing his head off and Brook was saying "Just carry me, I didn't want to walk this much!!" Um, have you seen the size of her? She walked!
Gage is still occupying himself w/the Legos, which are fantastic. Many had recommended them (and I saw it was a big recommendation on the Gifted Child Listserv) so Santa brought some and wow what a big hit.
His bribe, I mean prize of choice for being a big boy and getting his next surgery on Feb 2...a huge box of Legos! He can't wait. He also found this moon rock last night, he said it fell from the sky and landed in his room. And this is the child who did not develop a really strong imagination until after age five. And to think, I was actually worried about that. All is good here at the Blakely home, I must go and make this child do some school work. He's had several days off from "work" so we must go hit the books. I'm thinking of stealing Amy's idea off her blog. I told the teachers at his IEP the other day, this ADHD stuff is hard for me. But I guess it's even harder for him.