Shopping Therapy

Byron’s homework for this weekend was to open and close drawers and doors.  Hmmmm…what better to place to do that than Ikea!  We don’t have any Ikeas in upstate New York so this was fun for Mom and Dad too.  What we didn’t expect were all the play kiosks they have throughout the store.  At each one, Byron reached up with no hesitation and played using his left hand.  Here are a few pictures of the different stations as well as a video of him manipulating some small balls.

At the station in the first video, he played there using his left hand for more than a half an hour.  I think he got his therapy in for today.

We also spent some time at the Apple store in Bethesda, another store that we don’t have in our little town.  Here they had several computer stations set up at kid height.  Again - no hesitation in pushing the mouse with his left hand. 


Bethesda is a fabulous town with a lovely, friendly downtown full of great little restaurants and shops.  The people were so friendly and it’s a bit hip too.  All in all a great day.  Back to “school” tomorrow!