I’m loving this sleep thing. Owen struggled a little bit last night going to sleep. It seems like he was working through emotions but thankfully he slept all night and woke ready for his day. Exploring emotions in itself is exhausting for both of us. My emotions sometimes upset him, his emotions can put me on a rollercoaster, and our emotions we are learning to breathe through. He now says, “elephants eat peanuts with Goofy” sometimes when he needs to express something more than one time that he knows he isn’t supposed to be focusing on like “blue pants.” I like that he is starting to redirect himself. Even though he kept asking about when he was going to see his grandma he was not processing the steps to get us there. I knew he didn’t want to miss seeing her again on his Saturday though. He was very concerned about the weather. Once I said that I would go sit back down if he didn’t want to go see grandma he put a pep in his step and got ready. I have to watch my words because he holds on to them and references back to them like with the weather but I also need him to make connections to his actions and reactions. He put his shoes on the correct feet this time but his jacket backward. I’m not sure how he does this or why but he was ready to go. I helped him fix it and we were out the door in pretty much record time. When we got to grandma’s house she had the campfire going and the marshmallows ready for toasting. His grandma is the best. He made his request earlier in the week and she had it ready for him. I left him there and came back for him a few hours later. He wanted to go to the “little park and little Donald’s” but I told him we weren’t going to the park today. I didn’t want to say “because it was too cold” then those are words that would turn into a concern for him when I reference them again. He transitioned well when we told him the park was closed and that instead, he could ride his bike on the driveway. He walked outside and said, “the mud gets hurt.” I’m not sure what that referenced. He usually takes his balance bike but they also have a tiny bike that he never rode before but now loves it. He grabbed it and started riding it around. It is so small for him but he rides it like a balance bike since he doesn’t understand how to ride with only two wheels. I showed him his new helmet and he absolutely loved it. Hats aren’t always something he wants to wear so this was huge that he took to it so quickly. He loves dropping his bike to the ground and then laying next to it in this very dramatic fashion, posing in different ways. He takes his bike out like he is a wrestler in a ring winning a match. When he was little he would fall and I would make a big deal out of checking to see if he was ok so we could have conversations. I wanted him to know how to tell me when he was hurt so I may have helped create this dramatic interpretational bike dance performance. We went to the “little Donald’s” when we left and then came home. He was happy. I think about the huge meltdowns he used to have almost every single time we were in the car. I’m thankful he has mostly moved on from the concern over the stoplights even though he still talks about them. He told me he wanted a Pete the Cat cupcake. It’s always interesting. He was asking Alexa for more words in several languages. He asked for “grandma grandma grandma” in many languages and his go-to is “buffalo buffalo buffalo” in Arabic and Portuguese. He had an amazing day with a side of drama and a mix of fun and humor. It’s funny that one of the reasons I didn’t like to paint with watercolors is that I never felt like I had any control with them, they seemed to do what they wanted. It’s like life though. Once we let a thought go, pay an action forward, or even sit on an idea we no longer have control over it or with it. Be brave in your decisions, be kind with your heart, and remember what is in your control and use that to shine your light on the world and share your story. Smiles to all and donut daze!

It was a great night for my sweet baby O. He slept under his blue blanket but next to the red one. That felt like progress though. He was in a good mood when he woke. It was a little early so he got into bed with me before he even asked for his tablet. I had woken up by the old bladder alarm so I’m sure my going to the bathroom woke him up a little early. Thankfully it wasn’t too early. We lay there for a few minutes and then I got up to get some coffee. He didn’t want me to get up so I stayed there another couple of moments and he was laughing at everything I said. I told him I would be right back and he said, “tablet.” I asked him what he needed to do before he got his tablet and he got up and went to the bathroom. That felt like progress too. While I got my coffee Owen ran past me to get his tablet and then back to stand guard by the light switch until I finished getting my coffee. He had that light turned off and in my bed before I could even think about it. We got him ready for school and I worked with him again on doing tasks quickly so he could have the reward of his tablet. We walked out to wait for the bus and it was really cold and windy so we waited on the porch. “Hippopotamus in Arabic,” he asked Alexa and then he repeated it in Arabic like he had been saying it forever. He went on to say numerous phrases in all the different languages, and then about that time, his bus came. I could tell he was really happy to see the bus come around the corner and he was jumping up and down. My boy came home as happy as he left but he didn’t want to do anything on his Friday night. And he was concerned about not having school next week but I told him he would and I think we got past it. The weather is such a concern for him. I got him a Curious George book about bowling and he said, “Curious George goes bowling” so maybe just maybe he will want to go bowling again soon. I am hoping that I can find all the different social interactions we are working on in the Curious George books and videos. He is doing amazing with his bedtime routine because of him so I’m hoping it helps with other things. “It is an igloo,” he kept repeating it, pointing to the words on the screen. He was reading what was on the screen but there was an iguana on it. He amazes me with how he figures everything out. He knew it was wrong. I guess they sped up the words or the video. He didn’t want to eat too much tonight and I know a lot of times I don’t even try to push it because he is such a great eater. The red blanket was on its position on the bed “ready to go night night.” He started the process under the red one but quickly moved it beside him again. He was in his bed and didn’t want me in his room but he kept fake crying and screaming for me to come in there and then he told me to leave but to put the blanket on him that was already on him and wanted me to do a fake snoring sound. I think he gets himself in circles with blankets in general and will eventually move to use the red one. The fake snoring and crying stopped and turned into quiet sleeping. I see incredible growth and I am thankful for that. The challenge you stand in today will be the growth you walk away with tomorrow. Smiles to all and donut daze!

Mood, that’s the best way to describe how Owen woke up. He slept all night but woke up a little agitated. He quickly turned it around though. I didn’t push the rewards system this morning. I talked about it with him but let him take control of what he was doing. I was still trying to promote his independence but there are days where mood trumps everything else that happens next. When we went to wait for the bus he said, “walk like a monkey” and tried to do the exercises I had been working on with him. When I am introducing new activities or exercises he doesn’t always want to do them and it can take him days, weeks, or longer until he will try it. Sometimes it takes him even longer to warm up to a routine change or the activity itself isn’t something he can process so I was very thrilled that he initiated the activity. He then grabbed my hands and started making monkey noises. I showed him how to bend over again and he bent over with me instead of picking up his foot to touch it. This was progress. It didn’t take long and the bus turned the corner. He was happy to see it and he knew today was one of his favorite days since he would be going to therapy. He loves going to school and therapy. I picked him up from school and his teacher said he was having a good day and they worked on a few activities to help him process choices and use his words for descriptions. We got to his therapy and he wanted me to go in once again. I tried to convince him to go in on his own but he kept saying “mommy can go.” Sometimes it is easier to just go because otherwise, it can cause a meltdown. He did mostly great at therapy. Blue pants strikes again with one of the therapists, but she was very calm about it and went through it with him and was able to distract him. When we left there, he wanted to drive by the windows and then we came home. He was very calm and ate steadily throughout the night. His hair had not been cut completely in a while and it is another hard thing for him. He doesn’t want me to cut his hair and he hasn’t gone anywhere else to have his haircut so it’s one of those things that I try to continue to cut his hair when he is having a better evening like tonight. His red blanket got here today. I washed it and then showed it to him. He immediately wanted it on his bed. I was hoping this would go over well but with everything, the unexpected is the expected. After his bath, he got into bed and didn’t want the red blanket on him at all. He wanted it next to him but when I tried to put it on him he pushed it off and put it back on the other side of the bed. This is like everything else and could take him a while to get used to. Thankfully Curious George was still for the win because off to bed he told me to go and he stayed in his bed, mostly. Autism is as much about how I handle it as it is about Owen having it so I’m thankful for his progress but I also have to remember to give myself the same kindness and grace I always talk to him about. We are both learning and growing through this journey. He screams a lot. It’s not always screams of anger or frustration. There are as many happy screams as there are mad ones but it is all noise and it is all loud. I remind myself to breathe. Be kind to your heart, remember you are amazing, and be brave in the adventures of tomorrow. Smiles to all and donut daze!

My sweet baby O and I slept about the same. He may have slept a little better than me. He came to me at some point and got into bed with me but then slept the rest of the night. I worked with him on expectations and his goals. In the morning sometimes we struggle with our routine and our schedule so this morning instead of rushing at the end to get us ready and out the door to wait for the bus I decided to have him go through the process earlier and then for his reward of getting it done quicker, he was allowed to have his tablet for the remaining time. I wanted him to know that if he did something then he was rewarded for it. The timing for these types of things it’s always hard. I want him to understand that it is a process that he goes through to get dressed and by his completing a certain task on time helps with our process. He sometimes struggles with putting his own clothes on and he will stand there trying to put his right leg into his pant leg and then he doesn’t complete the process to put his left leg into the other pant leg and so he will take them off and start over instead of finishing the process. I want him to realize he can finish the process and if he needs to he can sit down to finish it. There are so many different ways that he can do this, but I want him to understand he does not have to walk around while he’s putting his pants on. That might be one of the biggest things he struggles with. He had a goal to be able to spend five more minutes with his toys and tablet so he quickly put his shoes and socks on. He had put them on backward and so I had him take his shoes back off and he was able to put them on without a problem. This is something that he does quite often. I’m not sure what it is about this process that he always wants to put the shoes on backward but we are trying to learn how to differentiate between the left and right. I have tried several ways to get him to understand the difference but it almost seems like he does it on purpose because I will even label the shoes and yet he still tries to put them on incorrectly. When I told him his time was up with his tablet he quickly got ready for the bus. He was happy when he came home. I thought we were going for a walk but when we got inside he said no. He told me as soon as he got off the bus he wanted to take a walk in the little red wagon but that didn’t happen. I told him we were going to put up his backpack and take off his safety belt and then we could go but he still said no. I learn to not always push it depending on his mood. He has been asking for me to get veggie straws and he was very happy when I got more for him. “Take me home where the buffalo roam,” he sang out. I thought it was interesting because I hadn’t heard him sing it before. The night went fastly slow but felt like he was doing well. I can tell he is working on his language skills and it feels like he is truly making incredible strides. He once again fell asleep on his own. I’m beyond thankful for Curious George at this point. Find your motivation, reach for the stars, and know that you are a winner. Smiles to all and donut daze!

“Just a minute,” he said. His words keep running through my mind. It amazes me all the words and phrases Owen knows. It was a little after five and he was standing right next to me. He said, “tablet.” I said, “good morning what is something else you could say to me?” He said, “tablet good morning mommy.” I said good morning again to him and told him that he could have his tablet after he went to the bathroom. Some days this feels like a rollercoaster ride. He remembers to go randomly in the morning and at other times he is focused on the end goal. This sleeping thing is a beautiful thing though. Curious George is my new best friend. I must get the red blanket he keeps requesting because Curious George has one on his bed. He kept telling me that he wanted to see grandma. I told him we would “see grandma later.” I generally tell him “in a little bit” and these words matter to him. He is learning the difference between in a little bit and later. I told him he would be going later but he kept saying “in a little bit.” I told him that “later” meant after lunch so he had a reference of time. He technically can’t tell time but he references time and alarms frequently. We had a therapy appointment in the afternoon and grandma was busy in the morning so we were going right before his appointment. Even though he knew we were going right after lunch it still took him a while to process it. Thankfully, he was in a good mood and we were able to go to grandma's in the afternoon. Then we went to his therapy appointment and he did really well. He was talking to the different people and interacting with them. He was a little bit hyper but he was handling everything that was happening. When we left he went around to talk to the receptionist. He was talking about blue pants but he was not upset about it and that was progress. When we left there we came home and he was very calm once again. He found out that Donald Duck also goes to sleep with a red blanket. We should hopefully have the red blanket tomorrow. Now I have two characters that like a red blanket and go to sleep on their own. I’ve ordered several Curious George books to see if any of them would help with other social skills. I might need to look at Donald Duck as well. When we left his therapy he asked to go bowling and to the coffee shop. I told him we couldn’t go today but maybe we can another day this weekend. I’m hoping that will get him to start going again. He was very repetitive with his words and actions today but I was thankful he was calm. The under-his-breath conversations continued. I’m not sure what he is saying with these conversations but he is talking about something. He put himself to bed with the new enhanced Donald Duck takes over if Curious George doesn’t succeed method and he didn’t even get out of bed once. I’m hoping for another great night of sleep for him. I’m thankful he had an incredible day and I know he’s ready for school tomorrow. Be inspired by the glory around you and let go of the stress and uncertainty that are holding you back. Smiles to all and donut daze!

Sometimes it’s all about my emotions. A lot of times it’s all about my emotions. Most of the time it’s about how I deal with all of the emotions. And today I cried a lot. Owen’s made some incredible progress, absolutely incredible progress, but it’s still hard, it’s still emotional, very, very emotional, very. He slept all night again. He woke up early but he was on a mission. He knew he didn’t want to miss seeing grandma again. He woke knowing we were going to breakfast with grandma and then her house. He got about an inch from my nose and said, “tablet.” I wasn’t really awake. He tried again. “Tablet” and then he quickly added “grandma.” He was calm this morning but very distracted. He kept talking about going to see grandma but then said, “just a minute.” I asked him if he wanted to go or if he wanted to stay home. He wanted to go. We got ready and out the door, we went. The restaurant was busy. This didn’t go over so well with Owen. He is used to being able to sit right away. He was also focused on what the world was wearing and they all weren’t wearing blue pants. I breathe. I counted with him, I counted more with him, and I told him to breathe. It’s emotional and exhausting. I’m always on pins and needles. I never know how he is going to react or what is going to upset him. I am always trying to stay ten steps ahead of what can upset him. Thankfully they had a table quicker than they predicted and we ordered. He ate pretty well but it seems like since we were sick neither one of us has completely gotten our appetite back. He called the manager one of the people he watched on YouTube. I wasn’t sure at first what he was saying but he did look a lot like him. When we were finished they were going to take our plates and we asked them to leave them because we didn’t want to upset Owen. Thankfully all went pretty well with it and he was off to grandma’s house. He knew he was going to his eye therapy today so he decided he wanted to go to the “little Donald’s and little park” to ride his bike. When they left he saw their tiny bike and he wanted to take it. They went to McDonald’s and then we met at the park. He wanted to ride the little bike but really what that meant was for him to sit on it and then say “oops it fell” and down it went. He loves dropping his bike to the ground. I’m not quite sure why but he loves doing it. Sometimes he dramatically falls with it. And lays right next to it. “Doesn’t have enough horns,” he said, talking about his little bike. I told him that I got his new bike a horn when we get it. Before we even left he was plotting to see grandma tomorrow since there is a teacher planning day. He has a therapy appointment so he might get to spend some time with her again tomorrow if we time it right. He did great at his vision therapy appointment even though he likes to talk about his tablet and seeing her next week before he even finished today’s appointment. When we got home he didn’t want much for dinner but he is back to requesting veggie straws. His new old thing is to throw his veggie straws on the ground and then pick them up to eat them over and over. Not sure how this began, why it’s resurfaced, and why it’s a thing but here we are. “Squeeze an orange,” he said and told me to get some oranges so he could squeeze them. I’m not sure where this came from either. I’m thankful for his progress. It’s an emotional journey but his progress is phenomenal. Your nerves shake waiting for the emotions to happen. Praying they don’t. And today was one of those days. I held on to my emotions but they were right there ready to tumble out. Our journey is not always easy to explain but the love sure is. Do we all dream of being successful or just making it? Success comes from showing your inner strength, sharing your kindness with a friend or foe, and knowing that you can make a difference in the world even if it smiling at someone to make their day. Smiles to all and donut daze!

Owen is on a roll. He slept all night again. I’m so glad and hope that Curious George continues to be an inspiration for many other skills we are working on. He told me when he got up he wants a red blanket like Curious George has on his bed. I ordered a few more Curious George books that I hope will help. He came to me numerous times to make sure we were going to church and listed all his people he wanted to see. I think he was making sure he wasn’t going to miss it like he missed seeing grandma yesterday. He also wanted to make sure we were going to breakfast with grandma tomorrow. He listened to numerous videos in Japanese I think. He also focused on pirates this morning and told me I needed to wear an eye patch. He kept looking out the window asking about the snow. I told him we were going to church even if there was still snow on the ground. I asked him, “when we get to church what are we not going to talk about?” “Clothes,” he said. “What is something you can say to everyone instead,” I continued. “Hi,” he said. I said, “what else can you say to them?” And he followed it up with “good morning.” The process is there and he is starting to connect it with the conversations but the follow-through is something that we still need to work on. He was very happy to be at church and seemed like he was pretty calm. He did talk to a few people about their clothing choices but at least he was calm while he was doing it. One right after another he was asking Alexa for tons of phrases while he ate his lunch. “I want chocolate milk in Arabic” quickly followed by “this old man by Lisa Loeb in Arabic,” he said and then so many more. He has started saying words under his breath. I’m not really sure why he is doing it but he has done it constantly over the last few days when he is playing with his tablet. He still screams a lot too but this low tone is almost like a chant. The screaming comes in all the varieties you can imagine. There are as many happy screams as mad or upset screams. At one point he told me I wasn’t going to breakfast with him but then somehow I got invited again. The answers will come in the morning as to exactly where we are going and what we are doing but I’m sure he won’t want to miss seeing grandma again. He told me to order a red blanket, pajamas, and a night light. I told him he had all but the red blanket. I’m thinking he might be on a particular Curious George mission with this. When he went to bed he told me he needed a white pillow like Curious George. I am quickly seeing all his Spider-Man blankets being changed to Curious George and I’m fine with that if he keeps sleeping as great as he has. He once again put himself to bed and that was that. He was not happy that his pajama pants were black and not blue so he wanted to change them to green ones since his blue were not clean. I do not wash his favorite clothes immediately because it could become a problem where he only wants to wear very specific things so I try to provide choices for him of other options I know he will like and talk to him about why he is making those choices. I want him to know his favorite clothes and choices are important but he has to understand they are not always available. I’m thankful for his growth. His smile and those big belly gut giggles are amazing. Let the laughter settle in your soul and bring the happiness to your heart that you deserve. Smiles to all and donut daze!

I woke at my usual way too early timeframe and debated as long as I could if going to the bathroom would wake Owen. I couldn’t wait. Fortunately, it didn’t wake him. I fell back asleep and he still wasn’t awake. I wondered if I was going to be able to make a second trip and get coffee without waking him. Success. We woke to a light snow dusting. I think this threw our morning off. The Curious George phenomenon is amazing. He put himself to bed again and he slept until after six. He told me that it was “Mickey saves Christmas snow outside” and “it was happy.” He asked about grandma but then said, “in a little bit” and started talking about the snow. I asked him to name an animal. He said, “elephant eagle elk elephants eat peanuts eagles fly.” He likes to go through the different letters and tell me things that begin with them. He kept saying grandma but then sat back down. I did not rush him. He told me to sit down. I told him we had to get dressed if he wanted to go but he kept telling me to sit. He handed me the bowling pin that I have at his door to his bedroom so it would stay open. He wanted to lay in his bed and close his door. He told me to take the bowling pin to my room. He kept saying grandma and then telling me “in a little bit.” I think the weather and days off next week were throwing him off his routine. He told me he was going to breakfast on Monday with grandma. He realized around three o’clock that he wasn’t going to see his grandma today since he kept saying in a little bit. He went to his emotions magnets on the refrigerator and said he was “sad” but then I told him he would see his grandma on Monday and he said he was “happy.” He wanted to still go so I told him we could go but I wasn’t going to leave. He chose to wait until Monday. We worked through it. He was sad but I’m glad we went through the process. He also said he couldn’t go because his grandma was sick and I said she wasn’t sick. He said she was on vacation. I said no. He then talked about the snow and that he was going to see people at church tomorrow. I think he wanted to make sure he wasn’t missing that. “Five little speckled frogs eating their most delicious bugs in Arabic” per Owen’s request to Alexa and many other phrases. He once again went to sleep telling me to go to my room. I’m thankful for this new sleep routine. He’s doing amazing with it. He requested a red blanket when he’s always wanted blue so I see so much progress. Find what makes your heart happy and let the world see you shine. Smiles to all and donut daze!

Owen slept all night. I’m thankful for this. We did our usual bathroom, coffee, light switch trick and got back in bed. We got ready for school and he kept asking for his tablet so I told him if he got his shoes and socks on quickly that he could have his tablet for one more minute before we had to go outside and wait for the bus. He dealt with the rain, knows it was going to snow, tried to walk like a monkey for me but decided he would rather walk like a stingray, wanted to talk about “insects that are bugs,” and how to say chocolate milk in all the languages. Hopefully, there won’t be that much rain. Especially since it’s not “April showers” as he kept telling me. He told me he wanted to go to our friend’s “October house to watch Disney Junior” and check on their stairs. Then he told me he wanted to go out to dinner with them. When he came home it had just started snowing. He was trying to process the snow and that there is no school on Monday and Tuesday but he was pretty calm. I was thankful that it was snow and not rain. It was almost more like tiny little pellets. I had him stand there with me and we held out our hands, trying to catch some of the snow pellets. I want him to understand that we can stand out in the rain or the snow. Standing in the snow or the rain isn’t always my favorite thing to do but I also want him to understand that it’s something that we can do. It’s just that we will get wet or our clothes will get wet and so that’s one of the hard things for him to understand, but he needs to know that it’s going to happen sometimes and it will be fine. He told me he can’t go anywhere on Monday or Tuesday because he has to be with mommy. I think this is where part of his rules comes into play. He then told me he was going to breakfast with grandma but I can’t come. So I think the rules get intertwined with each other and I know it is hard for him when he knows he is supposed to be at school but going to be home those days. It’s an emotional rollercoaster. At 6 pm he was ready for his pajamas. Friday nights are always hard for him. He is ready to start his Saturday so he wants to go to bed, get up, and go to grandma's. It’s a struggle for him with all the different rules and routines and this is where I need to help him change or adapt or adjust to something different. It’s Friday night and he wanted to go to bed early. What can I do to help him understand that not every day has to be so routine and not every day has to be exactly the same way. I don’t know if there’s a solution, I don’t know if there’s an answer and I don’t know if it has to be different but I need him to understand that some days aren’t exactly as we want them to be or plan them to be and that’s going to be our Monday and Tuesday for this coming week. I want him to know that we can’t do other things on those days. It’s a hard process to move through the days but we need to learn how to adjust and move forward. I’m thankful for his smile today. He said, “I love you mommy” when he went to bed and that means the world to me. Live life forward and know that tomorrow is a brand new day. Smiles to all and donut daze!

I was thankful that Owen slept all night. This whole put himself to bed thing is holding strong. I’m celebrating this victory. It actually feels quite huge and like a move toward independence. I got up to go to the bathroom around four and I was hoping that I didn’t wake him. Thankfully, he stayed asleep, and then I went back to bed. When I woke for the day, it didn’t take him long to come and stand at the light switch. He went to the bathroom first, came to hug me, and then realized the coffee was still brewing so he grabbed his tablet and came back to the light switch. As soon as my coffee was done, he turn the light off and follow me back to my room. When you quickly got ready for school and we went out to the bus stop. He wanted phrases translated again into many languages and I told him for every animal that he walked as he could then have the phrases. I was trying to explain to him that he had to bend in the middle to be able to do the monkey walk. It’s hard to explain something to him without him being moved into position he wants to stand straight up when he needed to be hunched over. When I explain to him that he needed to bend over, instead of bending over, he would pick up his knee and then put his hand on his knee like he was slapping it. If you say something to him, like touch your toes, instead of bending over to touch his toes, he will pick up his foot and then touch his toe with his hand. It’s a matter of learning and re-learning certain skills, or putting those connections to the words of how to explain something like bending in half after he did the monkey he wanted to do a bunny walk, and then he realize that a bunny and a kangaroo hop about the same so he did a kangaroo hop after he completed the bunny hop. We did several phrases and then it wasn’t long before the bus turned the corner and his smile got huge. I picked him up from school and we were off to therapy. I had told him that I would let him go into therapy by himself today but once we got there, I could tell he was on sensory overload as soon as we went inside there were a lot of people waiting for their therapy sessions as well, and it was just too much for him. He wanted to sit down, and there wasn’t a place for him to sit where he normally sits, once we got into the therapy room, he did amazing though he was focused even though he is good at distracting himself I always like seeing how they handle him because when he’s at home, he tries to distract me or throws different things into the scenario when I think we should be doing something else so that he can make the most of his time. With each therapist, they went through different exercises and worked on certain skills with him. He did well today with all of the different exercises that they were having him do, and he completed them without too much hesitation, depending on what the skill was. He seemed very tired at therapy and even though he was tired, he still was able to complete most of the activities. When we left his therapy, he didn’t want to go anywhere but by the windows, so we drove by the windows and then we came home he wanted a snack and a snack and a snack and another snack. He was hungry and so not only was he tired but he was hungry and then he requested shrimp for dinner. He ate all of his dinner. He was hungry. The night was filled with him laughing and singing and he was watching pirates and Curious George and talking about Mickey Mouse and there were just a lot of connections and a lot of information that he was sharing with me tonight it was all about Curious George again he went put himself right to bed and he just wanted to be in the bed and so it was a great another great night for him to be able to put himself to Sleep, I’m thankful for his growth and I’m thankful for the connections that he is making. That’s the one thing that I have to remember and not come unraveled is to look at the progress he has made and know that he has made incredible strides and has surpassed so many expectations. It’s been a wonderful journey to watch, and when you look upon yourself, know that you can accomplish anything if you set your mind to it just keep moving forward and find what’s important to you. Smiles to all and donut daze!